1
as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died
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as in sad
feeling unhappiness
the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead
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as in depressing
causing unhappiness
the mournful death of a beloved entertainer
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Recent Examples of mournful
Jerome Grand Hotel Originally the town hospital, the imposing Jerome Grand retains traces of its mournful past.
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Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
In this context, the shapeless clothes take on a mournful air, the appearance of a funeral shroud.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
But if the tone sometimes feels mournful, even fatalistic, Kim has not crafted a memorial for the haenyeo so much as an outlet for their grief, and for the blistering energy that resounds within them.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Twelve small, meticulous drawings in pencil, marker, crayons, and watercolor form a mournful martyrology.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
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Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
In this context, the shapeless clothes take on a mournful air, the appearance of a funeral shroud.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
But if the tone sometimes feels mournful, even fatalistic, Kim has not crafted a memorial for the haenyeo so much as an outlet for their grief, and for the blistering energy that resounds within them.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Twelve small, meticulous drawings in pencil, marker, crayons, and watercolor form a mournful martyrology.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mournful
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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After a few training montages and a brief interview with facility manager Didi (Stephanie Beatriz), Charles moves into Pacific View to begin the process of meeting the staff and fellow residents, who are variously enthusiastic and sad, bored and over-programmed, lonely and horny.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Ficklin was feeling a little sad and anxious about moving out of her family’s home of 23 years.Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
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Thanks for following along. jen chaney Updated Nov. 5, 2024, 11:20 PM EST In all seriousness, this is depressing as hell Kornacki has been sharing a lot of percentage points and weird names of counties in the Midwest — Winnebago? — for the past five-plus hours.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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A little over a year later, Dallas County struck a similar deal, with one major difference: While Tarrant County families who couldn’t afford to make funeral arrangements were given an option to donate their relatives’ bodies to the center, Dallas County gave survivors no choice.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The answer is that immigrants and minorities, particularly working-class ones, are unhappy with the economy and much else.Basel Touchan, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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The measures come as a cost-of-living crisis has left voters unhappy with Trudeau and ahead of an election that could come anytime between this fall and next October.Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Lydia Tar’s lack of self-awareness only made the character funnier and more pathetic in her downfall.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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The upcoming sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will be turning the pathetic knobs all the way to 11.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Monét began her tweet with five heartbroken emojis.Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Animal lovers have been left heartbroken by a dog who has already been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her young life.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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As Christina, the youngest of a trio of sisters, Olsen spends the film playing mediator between Natasha Lyonne’s depressed stoner, Rachel, and Carrie Coon’s domineering control freak, Katie.Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Some staffers pretended to call on behalf of a depressed relative.Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Mournful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mournful. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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