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mournful

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mourn·ful  (môrnfl, mrn-)
adj.
1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy: the mournful sound of a train whistle.

mournful·ly adv.
mournful·ness n.

mournful
Adjective
1. feeling or expressing grief and sadness: he stood by, a mournful expression on his face
2. (of a sound) suggestive or reminiscent of grief or sadness: the locomotive gave a mournful bellow
mournfully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mournful - expressing sorrow
sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
2.mournful - filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

mournful
Translations

mournful [ˈmɔːnful] adjtriste, lúgubre
mournful [ˈmɔːnful] adjtriste, lugubre
mournful [ˈmɔːnful] mourn adjtraurig


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There is infinite variety in the gales of wind at sea, and except for the peculiar, terrible, and mysterious moaning that may be heard sometimes passing through the roar of a hurricane - except for that unforgettable sound, as if the soul of the universe had been goaded into a mournful groan - it is, after all, the human voice that stamps the mark of human consciousness upon the character of a gale.
The old sword-bearer's face, the worn-out and mournful face so covered with wrinkles that it seemed to look out through the meshes of a fine dark net, could be seen close above his shoulders.
If you ask me, I say this piece is as good as that one o' his, `Tell me not in mournful numbers;' and consid'able clearer.
 
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