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mournful

[mawrn-fuhl, mohrn-]

adjective

  1. feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad.

  2. of or relating to mourning mourning for the dead.

  3. causing grief or lament.

    a mournful occasion.

  4. gloomy, somber, or dreary, as in appearance or character.

    mournful shadows.



mournful

/ ˈɔːԴʊ /

adjective

  1. evoking grief; sorrowful

  2. gloomy; sad

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • mournfully adverb
  • mournfulness noun
  • overmournful adjective
  • overmournfully adverb
  • overmournfulness noun
  • unmournful adjective
  • unmournfully adverb
  • ˈdzܰԴڳܱԱ noun
  • ˈdzܰԴڳܱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mournful1

First recorded in 1375–1425, mournful is from the late Middle English word morneful. See mourn, -ful
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Example Sentences

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I’ll never get it, like, it’s just the scariest, most mournful haunting sound ever.”

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As his lifelong passion seemingly dies out in Scotland, Mr Shand is mournful over the dwindling community of trainers.

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Now it’s a destination for the mournful and desperate.

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The UK's Financial Times published a mournful requiem for the great post-war alliance the other day which ended with these words:

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People have these associations of him with this sort of mournful acoustic stuff.

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