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mournfulest

mournfulest is the superlative form of mournful.

Meaning of mournful

Adjective

mournful (comparative mournfuller or more mournful, superlative mournfullest or most mournful)

  1. Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  2. Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
    • Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant.1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

Questions about mournfulest

What is mournfulest the superlative form of?
Mournfulest is the superlative form of mournful.

Words near mournfulest in the dictionary

  1. mourners' bench
  2. mournes
  3. mournest
  4. mourneth
  5. mournful
  6. mournfulest
  7. mournfull
  8. mournfuller
  9. mournfullest
  10. mournfully
  11. mournfulness

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