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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mournful

/môr'-nfəl/ · Mourn·ful · IPA /ˈmɔɹnfəl/
01 a. Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mourn…
  1. 1.
    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.
Syn. Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive; grievous; calamitous.