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  • 11moving — moving, impressive, poignant, affecting, touching, pathetic are comparable when they mean having the power to excite or the effect of exciting deep and usually saddening and solemn emotion. Moving, the most general of these words, can be used in… …

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  • 12Disconsolate — Dis*con so*late, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and… …

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  • 13Disconsolately — Disconsolate Dis*con so*late, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a… …

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  • 14Disconsolateness — Disconsolate Dis*con so*late, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a… …

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  • 15Luctual — Luc tu*al, a. [L. luctus mourning, sorrow, fr. lugere, fr. luctum, to mourn.] Producing grief; saddening. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16Mournful — 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. [1913… …

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  • 17Mournfully — 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.… …

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  • 18Mournfulness — 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.… …

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  • 19melancholic — adjective Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or subject to melancholy ; depressed 2. of or relating to melancholia 3. tending to depress the spirits ; saddening • melancholic noun …

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  • 20moving — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. marked by or capable of movement b. of or relating to a change of residence < moving expenses > c. used for transferring furnishings from one residence to another < a moving van > d. involving a motor vehicle&#8230; …

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