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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)

  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. 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.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:sad

Translations

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moaning

English

Verb

moaning

  1. present participle of moan

Noun

moaning (plural moanings)

  1. The utterance of a moan.
    the moanings of the wounded men

Translations

Anagrams

  • Mangino, magnino

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