Definitions for mournful

mournful mourn·ful

Spelling: [mawrn-fuh l, mohrn-]
IPA: /ˈmɔrn fəl, ˈmoʊrn-/

Mournful is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in mournful (flmnoruu).

Definitions for mournful

adjective

  1. feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad.
  2. of or relating to mourning for the dead.
  3. causing grief or lament:
  4. gloomy, somber, or dreary, as in appearance or character:

Origin of mournful

First recorded in 1375-1425, mournful is from the late Middle English word morneful. See mourn, -ful

Examples for mournful

The familiar and mournful theme song, “Suicide Is Painless,” filled the room.

These aren't stomping tunes, but tender and mournful folk songs, a bespoke genre.

Grant might have had a faint, mournful, ironic chuckle over this.

"Nothing here but Oxy and coal," says one of the subjects of Sean Dunne's mournful documentary Oxyana.

His daughter is crossing the street, holding his hand, when he hears a whistle blow—loud, mournful, insistent.

The villages passed, mournful and solitary under the burning sun.

My voice had a faltering, mournful sound, and there was no answer.

Is not thy tongue a-weary, mournful talker of two centuries?

And yet, when all has been said, we are confronted with a mournful but stubborn fact.

mournful, despondent, half broken-hearted, she resumed her journey.

Word Value for mournful
Scrable

13

Words with friends

18

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