Definition of Dearnful

1. mournful [adj] - See also: mournful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dearnful

dearest
dearests
dearheart
dearhearts
dearie
dearie me
dearies
dearing
dearling
dearlings
dearly
dearly-won
dearn
dearness
dearnesses
dearnful (current term)
dearnly
dearns
dearomatise
dearomatised
dearomatises
dearomatising
dearomatization
dearomatizations
dearomatize
dearomatized
dearomatizes
dearomatizing
dearrest
dearrested

Literary usage of Dearnful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"Darling. Spenser. DEARLY. Extremely. Var. dial. DEARN. (1) Lonely. North. (2) A door-post, applied also to stone gate-posi North. dearnful. Melancholy. ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"70. Г dem, there means in secret. The word occurs frequently in the ballad. dearnful. Melancholy. The birds of ill presage This luckless chance foretold By ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"Extremely. Var. dial. DEARN. (1) Lonely. North. (2) A door-post, applied also to stone gate-posts. North. dearnful. Melancholy. Spenser. DEARY. (1) Little. ..."

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