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# mournful

adjective

«mournful» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Mournful means full of sorrow or sadness, showing grief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournful/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a person looks sad, or a sad sound is heard, as when someone has lost a loved one

### Examples

- Why are you so mournful? she asks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournful/#x1)
- He looked very mournful after the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournful/#x2)
- A mournful wind blew over the moor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes a mood, not a count.

## In Jewish tradition

It means sad and grieving, here the psalmist's grief for his enemies as if they were family.

**Interpretation.** The psalm is read as showing a righteous person who prays and mourns for others even when they hurt him.

### Examples

- I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother. (Writings PSA.35.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournful/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes a mood, not a count.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mournful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mournful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mournful.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mournful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mournful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mournful.html) on Mova free.