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English Dictionary: mournful by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mournful
adj
  1. expressing sorrow
    Synonym(s): mournful, plaintive
  2. filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
    Synonym(s): doleful, mournful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mournful \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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