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mournfulness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ruthfulness, sorrowfulness |
| Type of | sorrow |
| Has types | plaintiveness, woe, woefulness |
| Derivation | mournful |
Examples of mournfulness
mournfulness
In one Andante, a slackening pace and descending melody gave the sweetest hint of mournfulness.
From the timesunion.com
The title, common on gravestones and in obituaries, turns personal grief into representative mournfulness.
From the guardian.co.uk
McAdams and Kurylenko get to do a bit of acting, moving from joy to mournfulness, even if the sources of both remain unclear.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He didn't show sufficient mournfulness, at first, when the Fort Hood shootings took place, and he was namby-pamby about the possibility that the shootings were an act of jihad.
From the time.com
Despite a too-quiet orchestra, Reichert brought out the mournfulness of the first movement, with a fluid virtuosity in fast passages that was delightful to hear.
From the thenewstribune.com
- A state of gloomy sorrow
- (mournfully) in a mournful manner; "the young man stared into his glass mournfully"
