English Explanatory Dictionary

mournful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɔɹnfəl/ /ˈmɔːnfəl/ /ˈmo(ː)ɹnfəl/ /ˈmoənfəl/ en-us-mournful.ogg

Word forms

mournful mournfuller more mournful mournfullest most mournful mournfull

Etymology

From mourn + -ful.

Synonyms

miserable sorrowful atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic

Derived words

mournfully mournfulness overmournful unmournful
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