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“mournful” in Latin
trīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)maestussad, sorrowful, melancholy; gloomy; mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadnessmiserorto lament, bewail or deplore; to have pity or mercy, feel sorry forcommiserorto commiserate, pitydolenduswhich is to be suffered or hurt; which is to be lamented, grieved; which is to feel pain, ache, smart, take offenselūgeōto mourn, lament, bewail, deplorelāmentābilismournful, full of sorrow; deplorable, lamentablelūgubrisof or pertaining to mourning; that causes mourning, disastrous; pitiable; mournful, doleful, plaintive
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mournful
Sorrowful, tristis; maestus.
Causing sorrow, tristis, miserandus, commiserandus, miseratione dignus (of persons and things. ☞ Miserabilis in this sense is not found in the best prose): dolendus, lugendus (of things = deserving of pity).
Expressive of sorrow, lamentabilis; lugubris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mournful?
- The usual Latin words for “mournful” are trīstis, maestus, miseror; also commiseror, dolendus, lūgeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.