mournsome

comparative more mournsome · superlative most mournsome

1. Characterised or marked by mourning; mournful.

   I sat up an' squinted in the mournsome dim.

   2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

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   Then there came a mellow noise, very low and mournsome, not a sound to be afraid of, but to long to know the meaning, with a soft rise of the hair.

   1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

   I become the wind. I wind and wend my mournsome way, I thread the trees with keening.

   2002, Pat Stewart, Bill Laforme, Key Light

   “That sure sounds mournsome, ma'am. Who looked after you when you ran out of kin entire?”

   2012, Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Hangman's Rodeo