Mournful \Mourn"ful\, a. Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. -- {Mourn"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mourn"ful*ness}, n. Syn: Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive; grievous; calamitous.
mournfulness n : a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: {sorrowfulness}, {ruthfulness}]