Mournful

//ˈmɔɹnfəl// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. 2
    Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.

    "Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant."

Adjective
  1. 1
    filled with or evoking sadness wordnet
  2. 2
    expressing sorrow wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
plaintivesadatrabiliaryatrabiliousmiserablesad

Example

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"Sometimes I ask myself what a raven, with its decisive final presence, and its mournful persistent color, may have to say to the aged mountains."

Etymology

From mourn + -ful.

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