mournfulness
91mournful — [môrn′fəl] adj. 1. of or characterized by mourning; feeling or expressing grief or sorrow 2. causing sorrow or depression; melancholy 3. having a sound, appearance, etc. that suggests sadness mournfully adv. mournfulness n …
92sad — [sad] adj. sadder, saddest [ME < OE sæd, sated, full, hence having feelings assoc. with satiety, akin to Ger satt, sated < IE base * sā , satisfied, sated > L satis, enough, OIr sāith, satiety] 1. having, expressing, or showing low… …
93gloominess — noun 1. a feeling of melancholy apprehension • Syn: ↑gloom, ↑somberness, ↑sombreness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sombre (for: ↑sombreness), ↑somber ( …
94lugubriousness — noun the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness • Syn: ↑gloominess, ↑sadness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sad (for: ↑sadness), ↑lugubrious, ↑gloomy ( …
95mournful — adj. 1 doleful, sad, sorrowing. 2 expressing or suggestive of mourning. Derivatives: mournfully adv. mournfulness n …
96plaintiveness — noun expressing sorrowfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plaintive • Hypernyms: ↑mournfulness, ↑sorrowfulness, ↑ruthfulness * * * noun see plaintive * * * plainˈtivene …
97sadness — noun 1. emotions experienced when not in a state of well being (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑unhappiness • Ant: ↑happiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑unhappy (for: ↑ …
