mournful

mournful is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. filled with or evoking sadness

   "the child's doleful expression"

   "stared with mournful eyes"

   Synonyms: doleful

3. adjective. expressing sorrow

   Synonyms: plaintive

Synonyms

doleful, plaintive

Common word forms

mournfully, mournfuller, mournfullest, mournfulness

Words from these letters

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