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.
Source: tatoeba (1523215)
Mournful
/ˈmɔɹnfəl/
Synonyms for "mournful" (162 found)
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affectingafflictedafflictiveaggrievedanguishedbitterbleakbluecalamitouscareworncatastrophiccheerlesscinerarycomfortlesscomplainingdarkdeplorabledepressingdepressivedesolate
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Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (48)
dishearteningdismaldismayingdispiriteddistressfuldistressingdolefuldolorificdolorogenicdolorousdownhearteddrearydumb with griefepitaphicexequialfaultfindingferalforlornfretfulfunebrial
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Adjective(9 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(18 words)
lachrymoselonesomemelancholicmelancholyoccitan lagrimapensiveplaintiveregretfulremorsefulsadsad moodsaddestsombersorrowfulspanish lágrimaweepiestwoefullerwoefullest
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6 entriesmournful expressionmournful lookmournful moodmournful silencemournful songmournful tone
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2 entriesmore mournfulmost mournful
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8 total sentences available.
Many a lonely moon was bright upon the battle-ground, and many a star kept mournful watch upon it, and many a wind from every quarter of the earth blew over it, before the traces of the fight were worn away.
Source: tatoeba (4048965)
Among the rest, the most able are: the ever watchful Crane, the mournful turtle dove, the cuckoo, the stock dove, the woodpecker, the jay, the crow and so on.
Source: tatoeba (7351423)
Tom stood at the window with a mournful expression on his face.
Source: tatoeba (10725637)
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