Mourn·ful a. 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.
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mournfulness
n : a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: sorrowfulness, ruthfulness]