What is "mournful" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does mournful mean in English? Meaning of mournful definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "mournful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "mournful": expressing sorrow

Adjective

  • Meaning: expressing sorrow
  • Synonyms: mournful plaintive
  • Similar: sorrowful
  • Meaning of "mournful": filled with or evoking sadness

    Adjective

  • Meaning: filled with or evoking sadness
  • Example: the child's doleful expression stared with mournful eyes mournful news
  • Synonyms: doleful mournful
  • Similar: sad
  • Adjective: Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.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.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:

    forlorn, sad, bereft, cheerless, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, grief-stricken, grievous, heartbroken, lamentable, pitiful, woeful, anguished, dolent, full of sorrow, grieving, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, sombre,

    Antonyms:

    cheerful, joyful, happy,

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    mournful in English: mournful
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