Definition of mournful Mournful

/mɔˈɹnfʌl/ - [mornful] - mourn•ful

We found 6 definitions of mournful from 5 different sources.

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What does mournful mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

mournful, mournfuller, mournfullest

mournful - expressing sorrow
  plaintive
  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
mournful - filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
  doleful
  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
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • mournful (Adjective)
    Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • mournful (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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • mournful
    Filled with grief, sorrow, woe.

Part of speech

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  • mournful, adjective.

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