mournful
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aching, agonized, anguished, bemoaning, bewailing, bitter, deploring, doleful, dolesome, dolorous, funeral, grieving, heartbroken, lamentable, lugubrious, plaintive, plangent, regretful, rueful, sorrowful, sorry, wailing, weeping, woeful
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That left Sony's Angry Birds 2, another animated, non-Disney sequel in a year that's been by and large unkind to them; with a $10.5 million take, the sequel struck a mournful chord for its studio. — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, "‘Good Boys’: Why the Universal Comedy’s First-Place Finish Has Hollywood Cheering," 19 Aug. 2019 The days were busy and mournful -- a welcome distraction, but also a constant reminder of their loss. — Los Angeles Times, oregonlive.com, "Remembering Keyla, 13, the bullied girl with autism, gunned down at Gilroy Garlic Festival," 11 Aug. 2019 The days were busy and mournful — a welcome distraction, but also a constant reminder of their loss. — Los Angeles Times, "Mother watched as daughter gunned down in Gilroy: ‘She took my hand and looked up at the sky’," 6 Aug. 2019 That film, a financial disappointment in its day but now considered a masterwork, wrote a mournful valentine to a movie genre as well as a transitional point in American history. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "‘Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood’ review: With Tarantino prospecting, there’s tarnished gold (and the Manson family) lurking in Hollywood hills," 19 July 2019 While Dalton is mournful and beaten, Tate is all youthful, luminous hope. — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, "Review: Quentin Tarantino gets personal in bittersweet ‘Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood’," 24 July 2019 The melody was both mournful and urgent, like a funeral song for someone not quite dead. — National Geographic, "In Corsica, on a quest for beautiful harmony," 24 July 2019 The crowd at the park moves slowly along the panorama, savoring every detail as a mournful melody of flutes and drums issues from somewhere in the rafters. — Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, "The Call of the Drums," 21 July 2019 Things kicked off this morning, and the game has a vibe that’s both festive and mournful. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, "Splatoon 2’s final splatfest starts today, marking the end of an era," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mournful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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