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[ mawrn-fuhl, mohrn- ] / ˈmɔrn fəl, ˈmoʊrn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mournful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefeeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad. of or relating to mourning for the dead. causing grief or lament: a mournful occasion. gloomy, somber, or dreary, as in appearance or character: mournful shadows. Origin of mournfulFirst recorded in 1375–1425, mournful is from the late Middle English word morneful.See mourn, -ful OTHER WORDS FROM mournfulmourn·ful·ly, adverbmourn·ful·ness, nouno·ver·mourn·ful, adjectiveo·ver·mourn·ful·ly, adverb o·ver·mourn·ful·ness, nounun·mourn·ful, adjectiveun·mourn·ful·ly, adverb Words nearby mournfulmourn, Mourne Mountains, mourner, mourners' bench, Mourner's Kaddish, mournful, mourning, mourning band, Mourning Becomes Electra, mourning cloak, mourning dove Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mournfulThe familiar and mournful theme song, “Suicide Is Painless,” filled the room. Almost Famous: A Father's Day Story|Alex Belth|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST These aren't stomping tunes, but tender and mournful folk songs, a bespoke genre. Why No Oscar Love For 'Inside Llewyn Davis'?|Tim Teeman|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST "Nothing here but Oxy and coal," says one of the subjects of Sean Dunne's mournful documentary Oxyana. How Drugs Ruined This Small Town|David Frum|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Grant might have had a faint, mournful, ironic chuckle over this. ‘The Man Who Saved the Union’ by H.W. Brands: The Forgotten General Grant|Michael Korda|October 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His daughter is crossing the street, holding his hand, when he hears a whistle blow—loud, mournful, insistent. Parents Need to Act Against Climate Change for Their Kids’ Sake|Mark Hertsgaard|July 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST Both bluebirds were on a low tree, about a foot apart, uttering constantly the mournful notes I had heard. In Nesting Time|Olive Thorne Miller The tears had quite dried now, yet the mournful thought of the invented dream was still haunting me a little. Slowly they sail, slowly as icy isle Upon a calm sea drifting: and meanwhile The mournful wanderer dreams. Egypt seems to have been the birthplace of the mournful elegy, and Callimachus was the chief of the elegiac poets. History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12)|S. Rappoport Just then the sea-swallow shot again overhead, uttering its low, mournful cry. She's All the World to Me|Hall Caine
British Dictionary definitions for mournful
adjectiveevoking grief; sorrowful gloomy; sad Derived forms of mournfulmournfully, adverbmournfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mournfulforlorn, sad, anguished, bereft, cheerless, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, grief-stricken, grievous, heartbroken, lamentable, pitiful, woeful, dolent, grieving, sombre |