Mournful
adjective
Feeling or expressing sadness, regret, or grief.
Her eyes were filled with a mournful expression.
Often appears as...
- mournful expression
- mournful music
adjective
Creating a feeling of sadness or regret.
The mournful melodies of the violin filled the room.
Often appears as...
- mournful melodies
- mournful song
adjective
Feeling or expressing sadness, regret, or grief.
Her eyes were filled with a mournful expression.
Often appears as...
- mournful expression
- mournful music
adjective
Creating a feeling of sadness or regret.
The mournful melodies of the violin filled the room.
Often appears as...
- mournful melodies
- mournful song
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Pro Tip 1/3Personal Sorrow
Use 'mournful' to describe personal feelings of deep sadness, especially during bereavement or loss.
After the funeral, his voice was quiet and mournful.
Pro Tip 2/3Regretful Tone
Mournful can imply regret or remorse over a particular event or situation.
He reflected on the past with a mournful sigh.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Grief
Describe a person's behavior or facial expressions as 'mournful' to emphasize their state of grieving.
She wore a mournful look as she spoke of her grandfather.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Sorrow
Use 'mournful' to describe personal feelings of deep sadness, especially during bereavement or loss.
After the funeral, his voice was quiet and mournful.
Pro Tip 2/3Regretful Tone
Mournful can imply regret or remorse over a particular event or situation.
He reflected on the past with a mournful sigh.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Grief
Describe a person's behavior or facial expressions as 'mournful' to emphasize their state of grieving.
She wore a mournful look as she spoke of her grandfather.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Sorrow
Use 'mournful' to describe personal feelings of deep sadness, especially during bereavement or loss.
After the funeral, his voice was quiet and mournful.
Pro Tip 2/3Regretful Tone
Mournful can imply regret or remorse over a particular event or situation.
He reflected on the past with a mournful sigh.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Grief
Describe a person's behavior or facial expressions as 'mournful' to emphasize their state of grieving.
She wore a mournful look as she spoke of her grandfather.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
I haven't been my whole life and I've been protester since I was 12 so um this moment is fraught and and mournful but also I feel more energized and I have probably in my entire life thank you for
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Why should you read...
An appreciation of Poe’s career wouldn’t be complete without his haunting and hypnotic. His best-known poems are songs of grief, or in his words, “mournful and never-ending remembrance.”
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
I haven't been my whole life and I've been protester since I was 12 so um this moment is fraught and and mournful but also I feel more energized and I have probably in my entire life thank you for
Video examples
Why should you read...
An appreciation of Poe’s career wouldn’t be complete without his haunting and hypnotic. His best-known poems are songs of grief, or in his words, “mournful and never-ending remembrance.”
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Quote examples
David Benioff
American Novelist
I can't measure up to Homer. His composition has survived for nearly three millennia and remains the world's most beautiful and mournful depiction of war. But the story of the Trojan War does not belong to Homer. The characters he employs were legendary long before he was born.
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Daniel Radcliffe
British Actor
People tell me I look mournful. They say, 'Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!' Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I'm a happy person.
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Janet Fitch
American Author
I write every day, including weekends. For writers, there are no weekends. It's just that your family is around, looking mournful, wondering when you're going to pay attention to them.
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Ry Cooder
American Musician
The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing.
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Rupert Friend
English Actor
I was quite solitary for 'Hitman.' I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there.
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Lydia M. Child
American Activist
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.
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Georg Trakl
Austrian Poet
When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.
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Pierre Loti
French Writer
And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.
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David Mallet
Scottish Dramatist
The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
Quote examples
David Benioff
American Novelist
I can't measure up to Homer. His composition has survived for nearly three millennia and remains the world's most beautiful and mournful depiction of war. But the story of the Trojan War does not belong to Homer. The characters he employs were legendary long before he was born.
Quote examples
Daniel Radcliffe
British Actor
People tell me I look mournful. They say, 'Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!' Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I'm a happy person.
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Janet Fitch
American Author
I write every day, including weekends. For writers, there are no weekends. It's just that your family is around, looking mournful, wondering when you're going to pay attention to them.
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Ry Cooder
American Musician
The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing.
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Rupert Friend
English Actor
I was quite solitary for 'Hitman.' I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there.
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Lydia M. Child
American Activist
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.
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Georg Trakl
Austrian Poet
When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.
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Pierre Loti
French Writer
And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.
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David Mallet
Scottish Dramatist
The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
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