mournfulness
NOUN
gloom
Synonyms
STRONG
anguish
bitterness
blues
catatonia
chagrin
cheerlessness
dejection
depression
desolation
despair
despondence
despondency
disconsolateness
discouragement
distress
doldrums
dolefulness
dolor
downheartedness
dullness
dumps
dysphoria
foreboding
funk
glumness
grief
heaviness
horror
malaise
melancholy
misery
misgiving
mope
mopes
morbidity
mourning
oppression
pensiveness
pessimism
sadness
sorrow
unhappiness
vexation
weariness
woe
WEAK
Antonyms
Example Sentences
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Mournfulness and wistfulness gave way to a feisty, festive air.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 13, 2018