Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mournful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mournful \Mourn"ful\, a.
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}, n.
Syn: Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive;
grievous; calamitous.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mournful
adj 1: expressing sorrow [syn: {plaintive}]
2: filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful
expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
[syn: {doleful}]
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