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Definition of Mournful
1. Adjective. Expressing sorrow.
2. Adjective. Filled with or evoking sadness. "Mournful news"
Definition of Mournful
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.
Definition of Mournful
1. Adjective. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mournful
1. expressing grief or sorrow [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mournful
Literary usage of Mournful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"THE mournful HEART My heart is like a lonely bird, That sadly sings, Brooding
upon its nest unheard, With folded wings. For of my thoughts the sweetest part ..."
2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"THE mournful HEART My heart is like a lonely bird, That sadly sings, Brooding
upon its nest unheard, With folded wings. For of my thoughts the sweetest part ..."
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