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4 dictionary results for: mournful
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mourn·ful       [mawrn-fuhl, mohrn-] Pronunciation Key
–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]

mourn·ful·ly, adverb
mourn·ful·ness, noun
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mourn·ful       (môrn'fəl, mōrn'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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

adjective
1. expressing sorrow 
2. filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news" [syn: doleful

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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