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TOEFL BNC: 19876 COCA: 15738

mournful

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
mournful /ˈmoɚnfəl/ adjective
mournful
/ˈmoɚnfəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of MOURNFUL
[more mournful; most mournful]
: full of sorrow : very sad悲伤的;忧伤的;悲痛的

— mournfully

/ˈmoɚnfəli/ adverb

— mournfulness

noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 19876 COCA: 15738

mournful

adjective

mourn·​ful ˈmȯrn-fəl How to pronounce mournful (audio)
1
: expressing sorrow : sorrowful
2
: full of sorrow : sad
3
: causing sorrow or melancholy : gloomy
mournfully adverb
mournfulness noun

Example Sentences

she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead
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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mournful was in the 15th century
TOEFL BNC: 19876 COCA: 15738

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