2006-06-11 16:03:49 · 10 answers · asked by lois7mat 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
"She had a mournful expression on her face when she got her test results"
Mournful: Main Entry: mourn·ful
Pronunciation: 'mOrn-f&l, 'morn-
Function: adjective
1 : expressing sorrow : SORROWFUL
2 : full of sorrow : SAD
3 : causing sorrow or melancholy : GLOOMY
- mourn·ful·ly /-f&-lE/ adverb
- mourn·ful·ness noun
2006-06-11 16:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by coffeevonhelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definition:
1. feeling sad: expressing or feeling deep sadness
a youth with a mournful face
2. causing sadness: causing or suggesting deep sadness
a mournful anniversary
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 has caused many New Yorkers to forever feel mournful on this date.
2006-06-11 23:10:10 · answer #2 · answered by LewAR26502 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the mournful cry of the childs mother that I knew something terrible had happened.
2006-06-11 23:09:08 · answer #3 · answered by Brianne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tune the piper played after the battle was mournful. It has a haunting melody.
2006-06-11 23:06:53 · answer #4 · answered by SolMan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old bloodhound had a mournful expression but an even more morose howl.
2006-06-11 23:07:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dog looked at us, the life slowly being sapped out of his shivering frame, with mournful, heart-rending brown eyes.
2006-06-11 23:07:28 · answer #6 · answered by Alex the Anachronistic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was mournful over her mother's passing.
2006-06-11 23:06:27 · answer #7 · answered by captures_sunsets 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have never seen a more mournful person then a mom who has lost a child.
2006-06-11 23:06:47 · answer #8 · answered by ally 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His voice was still mournful after his Father's death. When I looked into her mournful eyes I could tell she still resented her Father's death. etc.
2006-06-11 23:07:15 · answer #9 · answered by M D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His widow MOURNFULLY visits the gravesite every afternoon.
2006-06-11 23:06:59 · answer #10 · answered by tom8o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋