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Meanings of
mournfulness
in English
A state of gloomy sorrow.
sorrowfulness
ruthfulness
Synonyms
Examples for "
sorrowfulness
"
sorrowfulness
ruthfulness
Examples for "
sorrowfulness
"
1
When she looked around it was with a
sorrowfulness
as of farewell.
2
There was no sense of gloom or
sorrowfulness
in her company.
3
He was grave, but he did not resent her
sorrowfulness
.
4
As the eyes rested on him their
sorrowfulness
seemed to be shot with humour.
5
The flute-like
sorrowfulness
of the organ thrills through my blood; my nerves vibrate in responsive echo.
Usage of
mournfulness
in English
1
A
mournfulness
was over the place, like the terror of a contagion.
2
He would howl in twenty different strains of
mournfulness
,
at my bidding.
3
The beauty of the night touched him, and mixed these feelings with
mournfulness
.
4
She looked at me with indescribable
mournfulness
and shook her head.
5
Her eyes lost their
mournfulness
and blazed a black-red at him.
6
That deep shadow of inexpressible
mournfulness
had again crept into them.
7
Don't preach woe, punishment, and all
mournfulness
to the people all the time.
8
The tranquil
mournfulness
of her night of solitude terminated in a most unexpected manner.
9
An ominous
mournfulness
,
far sadder than the pensiveness of twilight, drew over the sky.
10
Our caravan travelled with the
mournfulness
of a funeral procession.
11
A dimness and a silence instinct with departed grandeur and infinite
mournfulness
reigned there.
12
Her eyes roved the dim, cluttered room with studied
mournfulness
,
and she said, presently:
13
She sought excitement, passion, and after that the
mournfulness
which comes when passion dies.
14
He made a decrescendo tinkling, and his lofty features lapsed into their normal
mournfulness
.
15
He is looking at me with a fixed, pathetic
mournfulness
.
16
What had given that depth of
mournfulness
to her eyes?
Other examples for "mournfulness"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
mournfulness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
deep mournfulness
indescribable mournfulness
inexpressible mournfulness
accept the mournfulness
austere mournfulness
More collocations
Mournfulness
through the time
Mournfulness
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common