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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.
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Mournful
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Example Sentences
- He is the sole survivor, and was the only one left to communicate the mournful intelligence to the nearest settlement.
- Every now and then, there is a mournful cry and a behemoth appears through the trees, rushing by indifferent to man and beast.
- Hear that vision come to life in the mournful call of sandhill cranes and naturalize your desktop with hand-tinted photographs.
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