Synonyms for mournful
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Doleful — filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns
doleful, sorrowful, plaintive, melancholy, somber US, sombre UK, lugubrious, elegiac, tearful, dark, funereal, forlorn, piteous, disconsolate, maudlin, sullen, dismal, unhappy, despondent, sepulchral, grief-stricken, desolate, querulous
2. Sad — fit to inspire mourning; tragic
sad, rueful, tragic, depressing, lamentable, grievous, distressing, deplorable, saddening, pitiful, pathetic, calamitous, upsetting, regrettable, afflictive, heart-breaking, heart-rending, disastrous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
- adj. 2
Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
Related words
- Word family
- mournfully mournfulness
Example sentences
- somber We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
- plaintive The plaintive melody broke her heart.
- lugubrious I'd prefer to be called lugubrious rather than a sad sack.
- doleful My dog died yesterday, so I'm quite doleful.
- tragic Oleg was alone in a big house with a tragic story.
- rueful Tom wrote a rueful letter to Mary from prison.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 4 letters
- dark1
- 6 letters
- tragic2, dismal2, somber2, sombre, sullen2, rueful2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, pitiful3, tearful2, forlorn2, elegiac, maudlin2, doleful2, piteous
- 8 letters
- pathetic3, desolate3, grievous2, funereal
- 9 letters
- upsetting3, sorrowful3, plaintive2, saddening3, querulous3
- 10 letters
- depressing3, disastrous3, melancholy4, deplorable4, despondent3, lamentable4, calamitous4, lugubrious4, sepulchral, afflictive
- 11 letters
- distressing3, regrettable4
- 12 letters
- disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tragic2 = 2 syllables).