mournful

English

Alternative forms

mournfull

Etymology

mourn +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:sad

Translations

filled with grief or sadness

Catalan: planyívol m
French: affligé (fr), éploré (fr), mélancolique (fr), lugubre (fr), funèbre (fr), morne (fr), chagrin (fr)
Georgian: საცოდავი (sacodavi)
Greek: πένθιμος (el) (pénthimos)
Italian: lamentoso (it)
Maori: taukiri, tīkapa, whakahiatangi

Occitan: mornarós, malgraciós, languinós, melancolic, mòrn, solombrós
Portuguese: pesaroso (pt)
Russian: скорбный (ru) (skorbnyj), печа́льный (ru) (pečálʹnyj), заунывный (ru) (zaunyvnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: brònach
Turkish: kederli (tr)

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