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mournful
[
mawrn
-f
uh
l
,
mohrn
-
]
Example Sentences
Origin
mourn·ful
/
ˈmɔrn
fəl
,
ˈmoʊrn-
/
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[
mawrn
-f
uh
l
,
mohrn
-
]
Show IPA
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 Middle English
morneful.
See
mourn
,
-ful
Related forms
mourn·ful·ly,
adverb
mourn·ful·ness,
noun
o·ver·mourn·ful,
adjective
o·ver·mourn·ful·ly,
adverb
o·ver·mourn·ful·ness,
noun
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un·mourn·ful,
adjective
un·mourn·ful·ly,
adverb
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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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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.
From beneath the boat, a sighing, almost
mournful
sound rises into the air.
Harris in a
mournful
solo, the effect looked more contrived than heart wrenching.
The
mournful
undertone of this tale takes it far beyond the grasp of children.
Patinkin hears the wails of
mournful
news from a balcony above, he reels in grief by merely leaning a delicate step backward.
Many in the audience may be tempted to join in this
mournful
chant.
But as the wind begins to die, the sound slows to a
mournful
metallic dirge.
Robards brings a movingly
mournful
air to the film's scenes of.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
mournful
(ˈmɔːnfʊl)
—
adj
1.
evoking grief; sorrowful
2.
gloomy; sad
'mournfully
—
adv
'mournfulness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
mournful
1540s, from
mourn
+
-ful
. Related: Mournfully.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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