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What is the adjective for mourning?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb mourn which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

mournful
  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. sad, miserable, gloomy, melancholy, unhappy, sorrowful, depressed, dejected, despondent, forlorn, disconsolate, dismal, doleful, glum, wretched, downcast, woeful, down, downhearted, joyless, woebegone, desolate, crestfallen, blue, heartbroken, melancholic, cheerless, low, inconsolable, sorry, sombre, saddened, somber, heartsick, heavyhearted, brokenhearted, lugubrious, funereal, heartsore, hangdog, dolorous, droopy, bad, distressing, tragic, rueful, pitiful, elegiac, piteous, mirthless … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Fleet, meanwhile, has the resigned and mournful air of a dog who knows the precise trick his master requires him to perform in return for dinner.”
      “The messenger of love became her only companion to grieve her mournful heart.”
      “The Sultan, my august sovereign, has learned with profound affliction the mournful news of the cruel death of President Lincoln.”
mournsome
  1. Characterised by mourning; mournful
  2. Examples:
      3. “I become the wind. I wind and wend my mournsome way, I thread the trees with keening.”
      “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.”
mournfull
  1. Archaic form of mournful.
mournfuller
  1. comparative form of mournful: more mournful
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sadder, miserabler, gloomier, unhappier, forlorner, dolefuler, glummer, wretcheder, woefuller, lower, sorrier, sombrer, somberer, droopier, badder, pitifuller, more melancholy, more sorrowful, more depressed, more dejected, more despondent, more disconsolate, more dismal, more downcast, more joyless, more woebegone, more desolate, more crestfallen, more blue, more heartbroken, more melancholic, more cheerless, more inconsolable, more heartsick, more brokenhearted, more lugubrious, more funereal, more heartsore, more dolorous, more distressing, more tragic, more rueful, more elegiac, more piteous, more mirthless, more plaintive, more grievous, more plangent, more dolent, more low-spirited … more
mournfullest
  1. superlative form of mournful: most mournful
  2. Synonyms:
      3. saddest, miserablest, gloomiest, unhappiest, forlornest, dolefulest, glummest, wretchedest, woefullest, lowest, sorriest, sombrest, somberest, droopiest, baddest, pitifullest, most melancholy, most sorrowful, most depressed, most dejected, most despondent, most disconsolate, most dismal, most downcast, most joyless, most woebegone, most desolate, most crestfallen, most blue, most heartbroken, most melancholic, most cheerless, most inconsolable, most heartsick, most brokenhearted, most lugubrious, most funereal, most heartsore, most dolorous, most distressing, most tragic, most rueful, most elegiac, most piteous, most mirthless, most plaintive, most grievous, most plangent, most dolent, most low-spirited … more
mourned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mourn
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, keened, sniveled, snivelled, whimpered, blubbed, lamented, mewled, squalled, grieved, bleated, boohooed, puled, yowled, grizzled, howled, sniffed, weeped, whinged, bemoaned, bewailed, greeted, plained, shed tears, broke down, broken down, choked up, cracked up, teared up, burst into tears, dissolved in tears, howled your eyes out, rang the blues, rung the blues, sheded bitter tears, turned on the waterworks, turned on waterworks, cried your eyes out, let it all out, put on the weeps, let go, moaned, grumbled, griped … more
mourning
  1. present participle of mourn
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grieving, agonising, agonizing, lamenting, suffering, hurting, sorrowing, anguishing, aching, bleeding, pining, fretting, keening, repining, languishing, sighing, bemoaning, bewailing, grieving over, feeling wretched, carrying on, feeling pain, grieving for, wailing for, lamenting for, wailing over, sorrowing for, keening for, sorrowing over, keening over, plaining for, wearing black, wearing black for, taking it hard, expressing sorrow, expressing sorrow about, sighing over, singing the blues, expressing sorrow for, expressing woe for, wailing about, plaining over, paining, experiencing hardship, enduring agony, going through a lot, going through the mill, having a bad time, regretting, ruing … more
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