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 Webster ]
Syn. -- Sorrowful; lugubrious; sad; doleful; heavy; afflictive; grievous; calamitous. [ 1913 Webster ]