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mournful

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore M words

feeling or expressing sorrow and grief

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Mournful in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing mournful in a sentence.

A mournful melody drifted from the chapel during the service.

Antonyms
cheerfuljoyful
Common questions

Questions about “mournful

Mournful (adjective) means feeling or expressing sorrow and grief
Here is mournful used in an example sentence: "A mournful melody drifted from the chapel during the service."
Common synonyms for mournful include sorrowful, doleful, lugubrious, plaintive.
Antonyms of mournful include cheerful, joyful.
Mournful is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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