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mourn·ful
 mournful
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- pronunciation:
- morn
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
extremely sad; sorrowful.
The mournful faces of the children were hard to bear.She gave him a mournful look that meant that she'd given up all hope.- synonyms:
- despondent, doleful, gloomy, lugubrious, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful
- antonyms:
- cheerful
- similar words:
- blue, broken-hearted, cheerless, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dismal, downcast, funereal, grievous, heavy, miserable, morose, plaintive, sad, tragic, unhappy, wretched
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| definition 2: |
arousing feelings of sadness; depressing; gloomy.
the mournful sound of a foghorn- synonyms:
- depressing, doleful, gloomy, lugubrious, sad, woeful
- antonyms:
- cheerful
- similar words:
- cheerless, desolate, disconsolate, distressing, forlorn, grievous, melancholy, pathetic, pitiable, somber, tragic, unhappy
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| related words: |
bitter, broken-hearted, cheerless, desolate, disconsolate, grievous, melancholy, pathetic, sad, somber, unhappy |
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| derivations: |
mournfully (adv.), mournfulness (n.) |
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