different between mournful vs heartrending
mournful
English
Alternative forms
- mournfull
Etymology
mourn +? -ful
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m??nf?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??nf?l/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?mo(?)?nf?l/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?mo?nf?l/
- Hyphenation: mourn?ful
Adjective
mournful (comparative mournfuller or more mournful, superlative mournfullest or most mournful)
- Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
- Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
- 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.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:sad
Translations
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heartrending
English
Alternative forms
- heart-rending
Etymology
heart +? rending
Adjective
heartrending (comparative more heartrending, superlative most heartrending)
- That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
- Synonym: heart-breaking
- That elicits deep sympathy.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Further reading
- “heart-rending”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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