mournful

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In it, Slayyyter explores her hometown roots, family dynamics and desire at her most trashy, mournful, hungry and loud; as the “Worst Girl in America,” Slayyyter is raw.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

January’s spending data told a mournful story: Americans are spending more on healthcare and housing, and pulling back on clothing, cars, and just about everything else.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"Oh Dipu, where is my Dipu?" she cries, collapsing into a mournful lament.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

“There’s this mournful, slightly atonal quality to his compositions,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

All he could do was again to sit wretched and helpless on the shore, but this time not trying in fury to kill people, only singing mournful love songs to soften the sea nymph’s heart.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton