Related Words for mournful

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doleful
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Adjective, Adjective
plaintive
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Adjective, Adjective
sorrowful
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Adjective, Adjective
sad
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Adjective, Adjective
somber
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Adjective
lugubrious
x/xx
Adjective
melancholy
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Noun
solemn
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Adjective
wistful
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Adjective
sombre
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Adjective
melancholic
xx/x
Adjective
elegiac
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Noun
forlorn
x/
Adjective
pensive
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Adjective
dirge
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Noun
morose
x/
Adjective
tremulous
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Adjective
rueful
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Adjective
poignant
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Adjective
piteous
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Adjective
anguished
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Adjective
reproachful
x/x
Adjective
tearful
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Adjective
keening
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Noun
joyous
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Adjective
gloomy
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Adjective
eerie
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Noun
ominous
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Adjective
melodious
x/xx
Adjective
soulful
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Adjective
lamentation
xx/x
Noun
maudlin
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Noun
grim
/
Adjective
lament
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Noun
sonorous
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Adjective
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
sullen
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Adjective
lilting
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Noun
wail
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Noun
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective
weepy
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Adjective
portentous
x/x
Adjective
downbeat
x/
Noun
tragic
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Adjective
haunting
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Noun
despairing
x/x
Noun
sorrowing
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Noun
glum
/
Noun
cheerless
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Adjective
regretful
x/x
Adjective
joyful
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Adjective
elegy
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Noun
sepulchral
xxx
Adjective
exultant
x/x
Adjective
pained
/
Verb
triumphant
x/x
Adjective
tuneful
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Adjective
funereal
x/xx
Adjective
heartfelt
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Adjective
quizzical
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Adjective
morbid
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Adjective
languorous
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Adjective
lonesome
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Noun
poetic
x/x
Adjective
introspective
xx/x
Adjective
ponderous
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Adjective
languid
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Adjective
downcast
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Adjective
heartbreaking
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Adjective
fatalistic
xx/x
Adjective
baleful
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Adjective
triumphal
x/x
Adjective
bittersweet
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Noun
majestic
x/x
Adjective
melodic
x/x
Adjective
reverential
xx/x
Adjective
pitiless
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Adjective
scornful
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Adjective
clamorous
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Adjective
disquieting
x/xx
Adjective
dour
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Noun
moody
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Name
depressive
x/x
Adjective
remorseful
x/x
Adjective
sober
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Adjective
meditative
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Adjective
teary
/x
Adjective
gray
/
Noun
memorial
x/xx
Noun
grave
/
Noun
lowery
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Name
grievous
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Adjective
penitent
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Noun
moribund
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Noun
deathly
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Adjective
perchance
x/
Verb
lowing
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Noun
tolling
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Noun
hooting
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Noun
plaint
/
Noun
howl
/
Noun
baying
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Noun
cooing
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Noun
knell
/
Noun
chirps
/
Noun
bray
/
Name
sighing
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Noun
requiem
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Noun
ditty
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Noun
mutter
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Noun
lays
/
Noun
bier
/
Noun
cortege
x/
Noun
carol
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Name
obituaries
x/xxx
Noun
presentiment
x/xx
Noun
cries
/
Noun
bellow
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Noun
lullaby
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Noun
droop
/
Noun
cadence
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Noun
battles
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Noun
cheerful
/x
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
dismal
/x
Adjective
distressed
x/
Adjective
groans
/
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heartrending
//x
Adjective
hearty
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Adjective, Noun
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lone
/
Adjective
meek
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
moans
/
Noun, Verb
prolonged
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Adjective
reverberating
x/xxx
Adjective
rude
/
Adjective
sensible
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Adjective, Noun
simple
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
thou
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
shirtless
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Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb