Synonyms of mournfully

mournfully

adverb

as in sorrowfully

with feelings of bitterness or grief

cried out mournfully for the son who would never return home from the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sorrowfully
• bitterly
• sadly
• painfully
• dolefully
• plaintively
• ruefully
• hard
• lugubriously
• regretfully
• sharply
• unhappily
• resentfully
• dolorously
• harshly
• inconsolably
• woefully
• grievously
• wailfully
• agonizingly
• wretchedly
• sorely
• severely
• dejectedly
• despairingly
• disconsolately
• despondently
• forlornly
• morosely
• dispiritedly
• hardly
• glumly
• gloomily
• somberly
• sullenly
• cheerlessly
• abjectly
• darkly
• miserably
• distressfully
• dismally
• drearily
• dourly
• pessimistically
• mirthlessly
• joylessly
• poignantly
• blackly
• distressingly
• piercingly
• acutely
• keenly
• cruelly
• ill
• hurtfully
• downheartedly
• crestfallenly
• rancorously
• low-spiritedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happily
• joyfully
• joyously
• blissfully
• gladly
• cheerfully
• merrily
• cheerily
• gaily
• gleefully
• delightedly
• lightheartedly
• calmly
• casually
• indifferently
• impassively
• nonchalantly
• blithely
• stoically
• lightly
• unconcernedly
• easily
• dispassionately
• sunnily
• mirthfully
• good-naturedly
• rejoicingly
• favorably
• well
• blithesomely

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mournfully

Mayfield watched mournfully in his kitchen while the rest of the family sat in the living room with the big screen next to a Christmas tree. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

So is the moment early in the film when Mary mournfully looks on as her long-ago home faces demolition to make room for a big, featureless residential complex. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026

Things are getting hot in Kayce's love life, even after the widower mournfully visits the East Camp memorial to his beloved wife, Monica Dutton (Kelsey Asbille). — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 May 2026

For their part, Democratic leaders spoke mournfully of limits, of energy shortages, of national decline, of a crisis of confidence itself. — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

Based on the Dylan Thomas prose poem of the same name, published in 1952, the film lovingly and mournfully depicts the boyhood Christmastime of an old Welshman, tenderly and a tad mischievously embodied by Elliott. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025