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mourn⋅ful

  [mawrn-fuhl, mohrn-]
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–adjective
1. feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad.
2. of or pertaining to mourning for the dead.
3. causing grief or lament: a mournful occasion.
4. gloomy, somber, or dreary, as in appearance or character: mournful shadows.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME morneful. See mourn, -ful

Related forms:
mourn⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
mourn⋅ful⋅ness, noun
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mourn·ful   (môrn'fəl, mōrn'-)   
adj.  
  1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
  2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy: the mournful sound of a train whistle.
mourn'ful·ly adv., mourn'ful·ness n.
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Mournful

Mourn"ful\, a. Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. -- Mourn"ful*ly, adv. -- Mourn"ful*ness, n.

Syn: Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive; grievous; calamitous.
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Language Translation for : mournful
Spanish: afligido, enlutado,
German: traurig,
Japanese: 悲嘆の
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