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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

/ ˈ³¾É”˲ԴÚÊŠ±ô /

adjective

  1. evoking grief; sorrowful

  2. gloomy; sad

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • mournfully adverb
  • mournfulness noun
  • overmournful adjective
  • overmournfully adverb
  • overmournfulness noun
  • unmournful adjective
  • unmournfully adverb
  • ˈ³¾´Ç³Ü°ù²Ô´Ú³Ü±ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ˈ³¾´Ç³Ü°ù²Ô´Ú³Ü±ô±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï 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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I’ll never get it, like, it’s just the scariest, most mournful haunting sound ever.â€

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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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