Mōurn'ful, a.
a. 1. Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; as, a mournful bell; mournful music.
No funeral rites, nor man in mournful weeds. Shak.
The mournful fair . . . Shall visit her distinguished urn. Prior.
Sense 2. Causing sorrow; sad; calamitous; as, a mournful death. Shak.
Synonyms— Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive; grievous; calamitous.