mournful
Use Mournful in a sentence
fəl, ˈmoʊrn- 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.
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Mournful
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| —adj | |
| 1. | evoking grief; sorrowful |
| 2. | gloomy; sad |
| 'mournfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'mournfulness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Side by side, they slowly ride, and their thunder is a mournful sound.
Hence the expression, serious even to mournful, that shadowed his film-star-handsome face on the course.
The roar of the firing party's rifles shattered the afternoon quiet, then gave way to the mournful sounds of a bugle playing.
He wore a haggard and mournful look except when he was drinking or playing on his flute.
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