Definition of Mournful

filled with grief or sadness

Examples of Mournful in a sentence

The mournful sounds emerging from the funeral parlor made me very sad indeed.  🔊

Doves sit high up on telephone wires, chirping in a mournful way that sounds like grieving.  🔊

While Roy is typically in a cheerful mood, today he was mournful and gloomy.  🔊

Although we were at a birthday party, the crazy musician played mournful and gloomy lyrics.  🔊

Rebecca stared back at us with such mournful eyes that we averted our gaze from her entirely.  🔊

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