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Thesaurus: mournful

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.

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  1. a. 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.
  2. adj. expressing sorrow
  3. adj. filled with or evoking sadness
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. j:100 s. expressing sorrow