Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: mournful

Synonyms:

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Antonyms:

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Usage examples:

A mournful dirge that indicated just how disheartening the afternoon had been.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/05/max-verstappen-brazilian-grand-prix-report-norris-alonso

As I sat in my car, listening to the news, I felt helpless, even mournful.

Source: https://www.hcn.org/articles/essays-we-need-to-reframe-our-thinking-about-whats-wild

But that works for a story about a young man in a hurry in the first act. And as both the music and the story take on more mournful hues in the second act, so, too, does Gonzalez’s performance.

Source: https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/theater-review/the-room-where-it-happens-again/

But this was authorial sleight of hand—a decision, by Neihardt, to close the curtain on a mournful, elegiac note.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-siege-of-wounded-knee-was-not-an-end-but-a-beginning

Episode 35 has a mournful note because realizing who the Moon Princess is means confronting the tragedy of the past.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/important-sailor-moon-episodes-season-1/

I suddenly began to feel profoundly mournful that this day — with its incredible beauty and innocent gaiety — could now be totally lost in time.

Source: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/12/the-present/

It is bleakly gripping – mournful cellos yes, humour no – as kidnapped children and temporal conspiracies abound, but its depiction of regret and inevitability is also tragically beautiful.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/the-20-best-shows-to-stream-on-netflix-right-now-20230831-p5e0z7.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_culture

“It’s just got this really mournful sound that accompanies some of the songs I do quite nicely,” Churcher said.

Source: https://www.pqbnews.com/entertainment/folk-singer-will-take-parksville-audience-across-centuries-of-celtic-english-love-songs/

It’s not just pure fluff, but it’s certainly not mournful.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/arts/thirsty-suitors-video-game.html

“Obviously, I’m washed up,” she says — a joke with a kernel of truth she explores in “Guts’” mournful closer, “Teenage Dream,” in which she cops to the “fear that they already got all the best parts of me.”

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-12-13/olivia-rodrigo-guts-grammys-vampire-all-american-bitch

The first half of “Layla” was a high-volume showcase for Clapton and guest guitarist Duane Allman, the second half a mournful piano coda of disputed origins.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5473515/jim-gordon-famed-session-drummer-who-killed-mother-dies/

The nine-person orchestra — guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, some mournful strings — stays silent, too.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/theater/the-outsiders-review-la-jolla-playhouse.html

The pieces are colorful, hyper-personal and mournful at the same time, signaling the ebb and flow of memories and the lasting power of faith.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/24/museo-de-las-americas-exhibition-emotional-tour-present-day-colombia/