"mournful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɔɹnfəl/ [General-American], /ˈmɔːnfəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmo(ː)ɹnfəl/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈmoənfəl/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-mournful.ogg [US] Forms: mournfuller [comparative], more mournful [comparative], mournfullest [superlative], most mournful [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nfəl Etymology: mourn + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mourn|ful|pos=adjective}} mourn + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|mournfuller|more}} mournful (comparative mournfuller or more mournful, superlative mournfullest or most mournful)
  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (filled with grief or sadness): тъжен (tǎžen) (Bulgarian), печален (pečalen) (Bulgarian), planyívol [masculine] (Catalan), affligé (French), éploré (French), mélancolique (French), lugubre (French), funèbre (French), morne (French), chagrin (French), pesaroso (Galician), საცოდავი (sacodavi) (Georgian), πένθιμος (pénthimos) (Greek), lamentoso (Italian), funestus (Latin), taukiri (Maori), tīkapa (Maori), whakahiatangi (Maori), mornarós (Occitan), malgraciós (Occitan), languinós (Occitan), melancolic (Occitan), mòrn (Occitan), solombrós (Occitan), pesaroso (Portuguese), скорбный (skorbnyj) (Russian), печа́льный (pečálʹnyj) (Russian), заунывный (zaunyvnyj) (Russian), brònach (Scottish Gaelic), melancólico (Spanish), lastimero (Spanish), kederli (Turkish), hüzünlü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-mournful-en-adj-vVkZww9T Disambiguation of Emotions: 89 11 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'filled with grief or sadness': 99 1
  2. Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
    Sense id: en-mournful-en-adj-4A6ewtyC Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mournfull [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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