Definition of Mournful

1. Adjective. Expressing sorrow.

Exact synonyms: Plaintive
Similar to: Sorrowful
Derivative terms: Mournfulness, Plaintiveness

2. Adjective. Filled with or evoking sadness. "Mournful news"
Exact synonyms: Doleful
Similar to: Sad
Derivative terms: Dolefulness, Mournfulness

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. expressing grief or sorrow [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mournful

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mount up
Mount Vernon
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Whitney
Mount Wilson
moup
mouped
mouping
moups
mourn
mourn
mourned
mourner
mourners
mournful (current term)
mournfuller
mournfullest
mournfully
mournfulness
mournfulnesses
mournful widow
mourning
mourning
mourning(a)
mourningly
mournings
mourning band
mourning cloak
mourning cloak butterfly

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