MOURNFUL Synonyms
There are 18 hypernyms of the word mournful. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MOURNFUL
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doleful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||||
gloomy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||||
grieving | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • sorrowful through loss or deprivation | ||||||||
heartbroken | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • full of sorrow | ||||||||
lamentable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • bad; unfortunate | ||||||||
melancholy | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||||
sad | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate | ||||||||
somber | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking brightness or color; dull • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||||
sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||||
woeful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • affected by or full of grief or woe • of very poor quality or condition | ||||||||
wretched | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • very unhappy; full of misery • morally reprehensible • deserving or inciting pity | ||||||||
plaintive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow |