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[syn: mournfulness, sorrowfulness, ruthfulness]
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):
mournfulness
n 1: a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: mournfulness,
sorrowfulness, ruthfulness]