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mournfulness

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mournfulness - a state of gloomy sorrow
ruthfulness, sorrowfulness
woefulness, woe - intense mournfulness
sorrow - an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
plaintiveness - expressing sorrowfulness
Translations
mournfulness [ˈmɔːnfʊlnɪs] N [of expression, sigh] → tristeza f; [of person] → aflicción f
mournfulness
n → Traurigkeit f; (of voice) → Weinerlichkeit f; (of sigh, appearance) → Jämmerlichkeit f
mournfulness [ˈmɔːnfʊlnɪs] n → tristezza, malinconia
mournfulness [ˈmɔːnfʊlnɪs] n → tristezza, malinconia


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Its cheerless hillocks were all but naked of vegetation, for a never very flourishing growth of heather had recently been burnt right down to the unkindly- looking earth, leaving a dwarf black forest of charred sticks very grim to the eye and heart; while the dull surface of a small lifeless-looking lake added the final touch to the Dead-Sea mournfulness of the prospect.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
The mournfulness of the place and time, and the great terror of this illusion, though it was but momentary, caused me to feel an indescribable awe as I came out between the open wooden gates where I had once wrung my hair after Estella had wrung my heart.
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Madame had sighed, first closing her beautiful black eyes, next opening them, and then, laden, as they were, with an indescribable mournfulness of expression, she had raised them towards the king, whose face at that moment visibly heightened in color.
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