mournful

English

Alternative forms

• mournfull

Etymology

mourn +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹnfəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːnfəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmo(ː)ɹnfəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmoənfəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: mourn‧ful

Adjective

mournful (comparative mournfuller or more mournful, superlative mournfullest or most mournful)

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

     Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:sad

Translations

filled with grief or sadness

• Catalan: planyívol m
• French: affligé (fr), éploré (fr), mélancolique (fr), lugubre (fr), funèbre (fr), morne (fr), chagrin (fr)
• Georgian: საცოდავი (sacodavi)
• Greek: πένθιμος (el) (pénthimos)
• Italian: lamentoso (it)
• Maori: taukiri, tīkapa, whakahiatangi
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• Occitan: mornarós, malgraciós, languinós, melancolic, mòrn, solombrós
• Portuguese: pesaroso (pt)
• Russian: скорбный (ru) (skorbnyj), печа́льный (ru) (pečálʹnyj), заунывный (ru) (zaunyvnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: brònach
• Turkish: kederli (tr)