mournfully
In sorrowful manner
Mournfully means in a manner expressing grief, sorrow, or sadness.
A dog might gaze mournfully at an empty food bowl; a widow might speak mournfully of her late husband.
The word often carries a note of wistfulness or melancholy rather than acute anguish: She stared mournfully out the rain-streaked window.
Sadly longing for something
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
- lugubriousExaggeratedly mournful in manner
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
dolorous · woeful · glum · despondent · dejected · downcast · morose · dismal
Mournful expression of grief
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
tears · bereaved · anguish · grief-stricken · sobbing · pining · inconsolable · heartbroken
Mournful commemorative music
- requiemMass for the deceased
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- funerealGloomily solemn in manner
plaintive · solemn · somber · memorial · eulogy · tribute · remembrance · commemorative
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
- lugubriousExaggeratedly mournful in manner
sorrowful · dolorous · woeful · glum · despondent · dejected · downcast · morose · dismal · gloomy
lament
Mournful expression of grief
sorrow · tears · bereaved · anguish · grief-stricken · sobbing · pining · inconsolable · heartbroken · lamenting
dirge
Mournful commemorative music
- requiemMass for the deceased
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
funereal · plaintive · solemn · somber · memorial · eulogy · tribute · remembrance · commemorative · sepulchral
heartrending
Causing overwhelming grief
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- movingEmotionally affecting
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
nostalgic · wrenching · affecting · stirring · plaintive · tender · aching · rueful · regretful · yearning
mournfullyjoyfully
With great pleasure
cheerfully · happily · merrily · gleefully · blissfully
mournfullycheerily
In a glad manner
festively · triumphantly · mirthfully · jovially · gaily