Definition of mournful in English:

mournful

adjective ˈmɔːnfʊlˈmɔːnf(ə)lˈmɔrnfəl

Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
her large, mournful eyes
mournful music
Example sentencesExamples
- He came over and sat by my chair, a look of mournful regret on his open honest little face.
- Plunged headlong into joyful Christmas celebrations, Jack mooches around looking mournful and lugubrious.
- A voiceover started up, relaying a message of mournful defiance - I have completely forgotten what it said.
- Number Two Court may be colloquially known as the graveyard of champions but the mournful mood was only allowed to descend when football was mentioned.
- I woke up when I heard the mournful cry of a harpooned whale.
- Gradually throughout the 1920s the Anzac Day service became less and less akin to a mournful funeral.
- Perhaps it was the heat, the lack of dinner in my belly, or some deep animal instinct, but I suddenly felt the urge to tip my head back and howl like a mournful dog.
- Everett had a very deep bass voice that sounded perpetually gloomy and mournful when a person wasn't used to him.
- His reply was quite the most mournful plea for understanding I had ever heard in three decades of involvement in the crazy inexplicable world of racing.
- Quite obviously, there is a deeply mournful element to the novel.
- A single figure stepped toward the pyre and a mournful cry of loss and sorrow tore up into the night.
- ‘We're not going to be all mournful,’ her husband Rob said before the funeral.
- Fleet, meanwhile, has the resigned and mournful air of a dog who knows the precise trick his master requires him to perform in return for dinner.
- He wore sometimes a mournful look, at other times an almost blank expression as he followed his beloved grandmother.
- On a less mournful note he keeps pigs at his home in New England - just as the Prendergast family did when they lived in Fulford.
- The answer is emphatic, the expression on the face is mournful.
- I am sure Jimmy would not have wanted us to be mournful.
- The villagers all line the dock, tears welling in their respective eyes, waving a mournful farewell to the departing sailors.
- Ms. Kim plays a mournful noblewoman from Korea's Joseon Dynasty who later becomes a slave in China.
- Winter was over but there was room for a twinge of regret, it seemed to me, and a little mournful Polish fatalism.
Synonyms
sad, sorrowful, sorrowing, doleful, melancholy, melancholic, woeful, grief-stricken, miserable, unhappy, heartbroken, broken-hearted, heavy-hearted, gloomy, dismal, tragic, desolate, dejected, despondent, depressed, downcast, disconsolate, woebegone, forlorn, rueful, lugubrious, sombre, joyless, cheerless, mirthless
funereal, elegiac, plaintive, plangent, dirge-like
rare threnodic
literary heartsick, dolorous

Derivatives

mournfully

adverb ˈmɔːnf(ə)liˈmɔːnfʊliˈmɔrnfəli

Writing about his own visit to southern Italy, he dwells mournfully on grubby children and cackling poultry.
Example sentencesExamples
- Each time a rocket exploded overhead, a dog howled mournfully from its pen at edge of the yard.
- On Tuesday he reflected mournfully on politicians who ‘made promises they have failed to keep’.
- Dressed in tatters and singing mournfully, she played the part of the hungry orphan to perfection.
- Annette sighed mournfully and shifted her weight.
- She mournfully flicks through the faded family album as the bustling, chattering family next door noisily go about family life.

mournfulness

noun ˈmɔːnfʊlnəsˈmɔːnf(ə)lnəsˈmɔrnfəlnəs

‘Yes, I do,’ she answered, with a note of mournfulness.
Example sentencesExamples
- He spins round and lifts the teapot with a smile, the mournfulness temporarily gone, trapped beneath a professional veneer.
- If you listen to Bach's ‘St. Matthew Passion,’ there is very little violence in the music; the overwhelming tone is one of mournfulness and sorrow.
- The score, by Zbigniew Preisner, suffuses the film with mournfulness.
- Halet likes the song; there is something Turkish about its mournfulness.
- The second piece, marked Scherzo, intensifies the mournfulness into anguish and panic.
- There's a sombre mournfulness that suggests deep hurt and painful, reluctant acceptance.

Definition of mournful in US English:

mournful

adjectiveˈmɔrnfəlˈmôrnfəl

Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
the third boy stared fixedly at me with mournful, basset-hound eyes
his voice on one track, mournful piano on another
Example sentencesExamples
- A single figure stepped toward the pyre and a mournful cry of loss and sorrow tore up into the night.
- A voiceover started up, relaying a message of mournful defiance - I have completely forgotten what it said.
- Number Two Court may be colloquially known as the graveyard of champions but the mournful mood was only allowed to descend when football was mentioned.
- He wore sometimes a mournful look, at other times an almost blank expression as he followed his beloved grandmother.
- The answer is emphatic, the expression on the face is mournful.
- The villagers all line the dock, tears welling in their respective eyes, waving a mournful farewell to the departing sailors.
- I am sure Jimmy would not have wanted us to be mournful.
- Ms. Kim plays a mournful noblewoman from Korea's Joseon Dynasty who later becomes a slave in China.
- Quite obviously, there is a deeply mournful element to the novel.
- ‘We're not going to be all mournful,’ her husband Rob said before the funeral.
- Fleet, meanwhile, has the resigned and mournful air of a dog who knows the precise trick his master requires him to perform in return for dinner.
- Winter was over but there was room for a twinge of regret, it seemed to me, and a little mournful Polish fatalism.
- I woke up when I heard the mournful cry of a harpooned whale.
- Perhaps it was the heat, the lack of dinner in my belly, or some deep animal instinct, but I suddenly felt the urge to tip my head back and howl like a mournful dog.
- His reply was quite the most mournful plea for understanding I had ever heard in three decades of involvement in the crazy inexplicable world of racing.
- Plunged headlong into joyful Christmas celebrations, Jack mooches around looking mournful and lugubrious.
- On a less mournful note he keeps pigs at his home in New England - just as the Prendergast family did when they lived in Fulford.
- Gradually throughout the 1920s the Anzac Day service became less and less akin to a mournful funeral.
- He came over and sat by my chair, a look of mournful regret on his open honest little face.
- Everett had a very deep bass voice that sounded perpetually gloomy and mournful when a person wasn't used to him.
Synonyms
sad, sorrowful, sorrowing, doleful, melancholy, melancholic, woeful, grief-stricken, miserable, unhappy, heartbroken, broken-hearted, heavy-hearted, gloomy, dismal, tragic, desolate, dejected, despondent, depressed, downcast, disconsolate, woebegone, forlorn, rueful, lugubrious, sombre, joyless, cheerless, mirthless

单词	mournful
释义	Definition of mournful in English: mournful adjective ˈmɔːnfʊlˈmɔːnf(ə)lˈmɔrnfəl Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief. her large, mournful eyes mournful music Example sentencesExamples He came over and sat by my chair, a look of mournful regret on his open honest little face. Plunged headlong into joyful Christmas celebrations, Jack mooches around looking mournful and lugubrious. A voiceover started up, relaying a message of mournful defiance - I have completely forgotten what it said. Number Two Court may be colloquially known as the graveyard of champions but the mournful mood was only allowed to descend when football was mentioned. I woke up when I heard the mournful cry of a harpooned whale. Gradually throughout the 1920s the Anzac Day service became less and less akin to a mournful funeral. Perhaps it was the heat, the lack of dinner in my belly, or some deep animal instinct, but I suddenly felt the urge to tip my head back and howl like a mournful dog. Everett had a very deep bass voice that sounded perpetually gloomy and mournful when a person wasn't used to him. His reply was quite the most mournful plea for understanding I had ever heard in three decades of involvement in the crazy inexplicable world of racing. Quite obviously, there is a deeply mournful element to the novel. A single figure stepped toward the pyre and a mournful cry of loss and sorrow tore up into the night. ‘We're not going to be all mournful,’ her husband Rob said before the funeral. Fleet, meanwhile, has the resigned and mournful air of a dog who knows the precise trick his master requires him to perform in return for dinner. He wore sometimes a mournful look, at other times an almost blank expression as he followed his beloved grandmother. On a less mournful note he keeps pigs at his home in New England - just as the Prendergast family did when they lived in Fulford. The answer is emphatic, the expression on the face is mournful. I am sure Jimmy would not have wanted us to be mournful. The villagers all line the dock, tears welling in their respective eyes, waving a mournful farewell to the departing sailors. Ms. Kim plays a mournful noblewoman from Korea's Joseon Dynasty who later becomes a slave in China. Winter was over but there was room for a twinge of regret, it seemed to me, and a little mournful Polish fatalism. Synonyms sad, sorrowful, sorrowing, doleful, melancholy, melancholic, woeful, grief-stricken, miserable, unhappy, heartbroken, broken-hearted, heavy-hearted, gloomy, dismal, tragic, desolate, dejected, despondent, depressed, downcast, disconsolate, woebegone, forlorn, rueful, lugubrious, sombre, joyless, cheerless, mirthless funereal, elegiac, plaintive, plangent, dirge-like rare threnodic literary heartsick, dolorous Derivatives mournfully adverb ˈmɔːnf(ə)liˈmɔːnfʊliˈmɔrnfəli Writing about his own visit to southern Italy, he dwells mournfully on grubby children and cackling poultry. Example sentencesExamples Each time a rocket exploded overhead, a dog howled mournfully from its pen at edge of the yard. On Tuesday he reflected mournfully on politicians who ‘made promises they have failed to keep’. Dressed in tatters and singing mournfully, she played the part of the hungry orphan to perfection. Annette sighed mournfully and shifted her weight. She mournfully flicks through the faded family album as the bustling, chattering family next door noisily go about family life. mournfulness noun ˈmɔːnfʊlnəsˈmɔːnf(ə)lnəsˈmɔrnfəlnəs ‘Yes, I do,’ she answered, with a note of mournfulness. Example sentencesExamples He spins round and lifts the teapot with a smile, the mournfulness temporarily gone, trapped beneath a professional veneer. If you listen to Bach's ‘St. Matthew Passion,’ there is very little violence in the music; the overwhelming tone is one of mournfulness and sorrow. The score, by Zbigniew Preisner, suffuses the film with mournfulness. Halet likes the song; there is something Turkish about its mournfulness. The second piece, marked Scherzo, intensifies the mournfulness into anguish and panic. There's a sombre mournfulness that suggests deep hurt and painful, reluctant acceptance. Definition of mournful in US English: mournful adjectiveˈmɔrnfəlˈmôrnfəl Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief. the third boy stared fixedly at me with mournful, basset-hound eyes his voice on one track, mournful piano on another Example sentencesExamples A single figure stepped toward the pyre and a mournful cry of loss and sorrow tore up into the night. A voiceover started up, relaying a message of mournful defiance - I have completely forgotten what it said. Number Two Court may be colloquially known as the graveyard of champions but the mournful mood was only allowed to descend when football was mentioned. He wore sometimes a mournful look, at other times an almost blank expression as he followed his beloved grandmother. The answer is emphatic, the expression on the face is mournful. The villagers all line the dock, tears welling in their respective eyes, waving a mournful farewell to the departing sailors. I am sure Jimmy would not have wanted us to be mournful. Ms. Kim plays a mournful noblewoman from Korea's Joseon Dynasty who later becomes a slave in China. Quite obviously, there is a deeply mournful element to the novel. ‘We're not going to be all mournful,’ her husband Rob said before the funeral. Fleet, meanwhile, has the resigned and mournful air of a dog who knows the precise trick his master requires him to perform in return for dinner. Winter was over but there was room for a twinge of regret, it seemed to me, and a little mournful Polish fatalism. I woke up when I heard the mournful cry of a harpooned whale. Perhaps it was the heat, the lack of dinner in my belly, or some deep animal instinct, but I suddenly felt the urge to tip my head back and howl like a mournful dog. His reply was quite the most mournful plea for understanding I had ever heard in three decades of involvement in the crazy inexplicable world of racing. Plunged headlong into joyful Christmas celebrations, Jack mooches around looking mournful and lugubrious. On a less mournful note he keeps pigs at his home in New England - just as the Prendergast family did when they lived in Fulford. Gradually throughout the 1920s the Anzac Day service became less and less akin to a mournful funeral. He came over and sat by my chair, a look of mournful regret on his open honest little face. Everett had a very deep bass voice that sounded perpetually gloomy and mournful when a person wasn't used to him. Synonyms sad, sorrowful, sorrowing, doleful, melancholy, melancholic, woeful, grief-stricken, miserable, unhappy, heartbroken, broken-hearted, heavy-hearted, gloomy, dismal, tragic, desolate, dejected, despondent, depressed, downcast, disconsolate, woebegone, forlorn, rueful, lugubrious, sombre, joyless, cheerless, mirthless
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