Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being mournful; sorrow; grief; the state of mourning; the quality of sadness.
- noun An appearance or expression of grief.
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- noun The property of being
mournful .
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- noun a state of gloomy sorrow
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Examples
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The erotic, in all its mournfulness, is merely one of its figures.
Remembering to Die 2003
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It is not, however, Perosi's dramatic genius that strikes me in his work; it is rather his peculiar mournfulness, which is indescribable, his gift of pure poetry, and the richness of his flowing melody.
Musicians of To-Day Rolland, Romain, 1866-1944 1915
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It is not, however, Perosi's dramatic genius that strikes me in his work; it is rather his peculiar mournfulness, which is indescribable, his gift of pure poetry, and the richness of his flowing melody.
Musicians of To-Day Romain Rolland 1905
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Never did the old dining-hall and the staircases, balustraded -- on whose gray stone a leaf, the first of many, rustles -- seem more intense and pregnant with that mystic mournfulness which is the Thames, and which is London.
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The leaves were falling silently in the woods about Arden, and the whole scene wore that aspect of subdued mournfulness which is pleasant enough to the light of heart, but very sad to those who mourn.
The Lovels of Arden 1875
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Its fainter tones assumed a kind of mournfulness, and were finally lost in the hush and solemnity of the wood.
The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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And a certain mournfulness that left more than a few people struggling to find the "proper" context for what was happening.
Cathleen Falsani: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Discuss Cathleen Falsani 2011
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And a certain mournfulness that left more than a few people struggling to find the "proper" context for what was happening.
Cathleen Falsani: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Discuss Cathleen Falsani 2011
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The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good reminded us: Our response is disciplined by belief that war itself is tragic and that all killing in war, even in self-defense, must be treated with sobriety and even mournfulness.
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster: Reacting To The Death Of Osama Bin Laden: We Should Reflect, Not Rejoice Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster 2011
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And a certain mournfulness that left more than a few people struggling to find the "proper" context for what was happening.
Cathleen Falsani: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. Discuss Cathleen Falsani 2011
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