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mournful

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1
as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died

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2
as in sad
feeling unhappiness the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead

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as in depressing
causing unhappiness the mournful death of a beloved entertainer

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“Mournful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mournful. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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