mournful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
expressing sorrow
Related & opposite
- mournfulness derivation
- plaintiveness derivation
- sorrowful similar to
Sense 2 adjective
filled with or evoking sadness
the child's doleful expression
Related & opposite
- dolefulness derivation
- mournfulness derivation
- sad similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mournfulness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plaintiveness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sorrowful |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dolefulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mournfulness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sad |