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

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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

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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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