MOURNFUL
doleful, mournful
(adjective) filled with or evoking sadness; “the child’s doleful expression”; “stared with mournful eyes”; “mournful news”
mournful, plaintive
(adjective) expressing sorrow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mournful (comparative mournfuller or more mournful, superlative most mournful)
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
Synonyms
• See also sad
Source: Wiktionary
Mourn"ful, a.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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