Definition of mournful

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Mournful (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..

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Lacrimoso :: Lacrimoso (a.) Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.
Sigh-born :: Sigh-born (a.) Sorrowful; mournful.
Wail :: Wail (v. i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
Groan :: Groan (n.) A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans..
Chirm :: Chirm (v. i.) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird..
Dernly :: Dernly (adv.) Secretly; grievously; mournfully.
Yowl :: Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl..
Yowl :: Yowl (v. i.) To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell..
Funereal :: Funereal (a.) Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.
Lugubrious :: Lugubrious (a.) Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look..
Lament :: Lament (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like..
Howl :: Howl (n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound..
Sustenance :: Sustaltic (a.) Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks.
Elegy :: Elegy (n.) A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
Plaintive :: Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
Caretuned :: Caretuned (a.) Weary; mournful.
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Moan :: Moan (v. i.) A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.
Monody :: Monody (n.) A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice..
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