单词 | mournfulness |
释义 | mournfulnessn. The condition or quality of being mournful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > state or condition of drearinessa1000 woeOE sorrinessOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 sorrownessc1300 dreariheada1325 moanc1390 sadnessc1400 grievedness1571 ruthfulness1596 mournfulness1633 waila1682 drearihood1817 woebegoneness1841 tristfulness1847 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > condition or quality of lamenting moanc1390 plainfulnessa1586 mournfulness1633 plaintiveness1747 1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 62 in Purple Island There would I..Sing of Eliza's fixed mournfulnesse, And much bewail such wofull heavinesse. 1731 D. Mallet Eurydice v. ii. 73 Pressing full her eyes With fix'd and earnest mournfulness on mine. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mournfulness,..1. Sorrow; grief. 2. Show of grief; appearance of sorrow. a1835 F. D. Hemans Sound of Sea in Poet. Wks. (1836) 334/2 And hush'd is many a lovely [voice] Of mournfulness or mirth. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 177 Just so the mournfulness Of the tale told out did their hearts oppress. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iv. ii. 859 A luxurious mournfulness was in the view, and he leaned out over the sill scenting the reasty London air. 2001 Jerusalem Post (Electronic ed.) 28 Feb. 12 It's a shame about the film's dragging pace and mournfulness, because it should have worked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1633 |
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