What does mournsome mean?
Mournsome means Characterised by mourning; mournful.
Mournsome
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Characterised by mourning; mournful.
Example Sentences
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.
I become the wind. I wind and wend my mournsome way, I thread the trees with keening.
I sat up an' squinted in the mournsome dim.
“That sure sounds mournsome, ma'am. Who looked after you when you ran out of kin entire?”
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Antonyms for mournsome
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Word Forms
- more mournsome
- most mournsome
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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.
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