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Synonyms & Antonyms of mournful
1
expressing or suggesting mourning
- she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died
Synonyms for mournful
Words Related to mournful
- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
Near Antonyms for mournful
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
2
feeling unhappiness
- the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead
Synonyms for mournful
- bad,
- blue,
- brokenhearted,
- cast down,
- crestfallen,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- doleful,
- down,
- down in the mouth,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- droopy,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- hangdog,
- heartbroken,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- heavyhearted,
- inconsolable,
- joyless,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- sad,
- saddened,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- unhappy,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched
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3
causing unhappiness
- the mournful death of a beloved entertainer
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The first known use of mournful was in the 15th century
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