mournful Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite expressing sorrow
plaintive.
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adjective satellite filled with or evoking sadness
doleful.
- the child's doleful expression
- stared with mournful eyes
- mournful news
WordNet
Mourn"ful adjective
Definitions
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.