-nfəl adjective
( sometimes mournfuller sometimes mournfullest )
1.
a. : full of sorrow : sad
stared with mournful eyes at a daydream of her lost husband — Eric Linklater
b. : causing sorrow : saddening
mournful news
2.
a. : of a melancholy nature : doleful , dispirited
took a mournful view of human affairs — Ellen Glasgow
in a mournful rehearsal in Philadelphia I read to my dancers … and they took heart — Agnes de Mille
b. : having a gloomy sound or aspect : dismal , somber
a long, mournful howl — Lyle Saxon
the mournful tolling of a bell — Jack London
a country of mournful cedar thickets — American Guide Series: Tennessee
3. : causing disappointment : regrettable
a mournful obtuseness of moral feeling in regard to the crimes of military and political life — W.E.Channing
• mourn·ful·ly -fəlē, -li adverb