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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. expressing sorrow;
[syn: mournful, plaintive]

2. filled with or evoking sadness;
- Example: "the child's doleful expression"
- Example: "stared with mournful eyes"
- Example: "mournful news"
[syn: doleful, mournful]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive;
        grievous; calamitous.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mournful
    adj 1: expressing sorrow [syn: mournful, plaintive]
    2: filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful
       expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"
       [syn: doleful, mournful]