mournful

Questions about mournful

What does mournful mean?

mournful means "expressing sorrow". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mournful?

mournful has 2 syllables: mourn-ful. The stress falls on "mourn". In IPA it is /ˈmɔɹnfəl/.

What is another word for mournful?

Close synonyms include plaintive, doleful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mournful a common word?

mournful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.