1
: expressing sorrow : sorrowful
2
: full of sorrow : sad
3
: causing sorrow or melancholy : gloomy
mournfulness
noun
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she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died
the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Soon a mournful blue light would rise over the islands in the sea.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Of all on this list, perhaps this is the most mournful.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
That’s to take nothing away from Jackman, who’s terrific as the aging, mournful superhero who has one last big mission in him before riding off into the sunset.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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“Mournful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mournful. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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mournful
adjective
mourn·ful
ˈmō(ə)rn-fəl 
ˈmȯ(ə)rn-
1
: expressing or full of sorrow : sorrowful
a mournful face
2
: causing sorrow
a mournful story
mournfulness
noun
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