Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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