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Webster 1913 Edition

Mournful

Mourn′ful

,
Adj.
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.
–
Mourn′ful-ly
,
adv.
–
Mourn′ful-ness
,
Noun.
Syn. – Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive; grievous; calamitous.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mournful

MOURNFUL

,
Adj.
Intended to express sorrow, or exhibiting the appearance of grief, as a mournful bell; mournful music.
No funeral rites nor man in mournful weeds.
1.
Causing sorrow; sad; calamitous; as a mournful death.
2.
Sorrowful; feeling grief.
The mournful fair--
Shall visit her distinguished urn.

Definition 2024

mournful

mournful

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Adjective

mournful ‎(comparative mournfuller or more mournful, superlative mournfullest or most mournful)

  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
    • Edgar Allan Poe
      Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:sad

Translations

Etymology

mourn +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

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