mournsome
adjEtymology From mourn + -some.
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Characterised by mourning; mournful
- 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.1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor:
- I become the wind. I wind and wend my mournsome way, I thread the trees with keening.2002, Pat Stewart, Bill Laforme, Key Light:
2 more examples
- I sat up an' squinted in the mournsome dim.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
- “That sure sounds mournsome, ma'am. Who looked after you when you ran out of kin entire?”2012, Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Hangman's Rodeo: