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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mawrn-fuh l, mohrn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔrn fəl, ˈmoʊrn- |
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Définition of mournful
Origin :- early 15c., from mourn + -ful. Related: Mournfully; mournfulness.
- adj sorrowful
- Is not thy tongue a-weary, mournful talker of two centuries?
- Extract from : « A Bell's Biography » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- And yet, when all has been said, we are confronted with a mournful but stubborn fact.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- My voice had a faltering, mournful sound, and there was no answer.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Mournful, despondent, half broken-hearted, she resumed her journey.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The villages passed, mournful and solitary under the burning sun.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- At least, we think the skeleton is mournful; the skeleton himself does not seem to think so.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- The wind too, had increased, and it blew through the trees with a mournful sound.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- Sad and mournful are thy ways, Grieving, wailing, Autumn days!
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
- It was the long wolf-howl, full-throated and mournful, the first howl he had ever uttered.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The only melody which pleased me was that of the mournful and touching kind.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
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