mournful Copy link Outline I. Causing sorrow, fraught with sorrow and mourning1. luctuōsus2. lūgubris, e (in present sense, poet.)3. tristis, e4. ăcerbus (causing poignant grief or affliction)II. Expressive of sorrow1. lūgubris, e2. lāmentābĭlis, e (doleful, wailing)3. moestus4. flēbĭlis, e (tearful, full of distress)5. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e6. squālĭdus (in mourning attire) • mournful: I. Causing sorrow, fraught with sorrow and mourning: 1. luctuōsus: cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 8, fuit hoc luctuosum suis, acerbum patriae, grave bonis omnibus (mournful ... afflicting ... grievous): the most m. kind of death (suicide), luctuosissimum genus mortis, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 1. Join: misera et luctuosa [tempora], Cic. Fam. 5, 14. 2. lūgubris, e (in present sense, poet.): m. war, l. bellum, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 33: cf. infr. 3. tristis, e: v. sad. 4. ăcerbus (causing poignant grief or affliction): Join: luctuosus et acerbus, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48; acerba, misera, luctuosa (pl. neut.), id. Mur. 41, 90: cf. also supr. (1). II. Expressive of sorrow: 1. lūgubris, e: m. wailing (for the dead), lamentatio l., Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30: m. strains, cantus l., Hor. Od. 1, 24, 2: v. mourning (adj.). 2. lāmentābĭlis, e (doleful, wailing): in m. tones, l. voce, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 32. Also, ēlāmentābĭlis, ib. 24, 57. 3. moestus: v. sorrowful. 4. flēbĭlis, e (tearful, full of distress): grief is m. distress, moeror (est) aegritudo f., ib. 4, 8, 18: m. measures, f. modi, Hor. Od. 2, 9, 9: Ov. 5. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e: v. moving (adj.). 6. squālĭdus (in mourning attire): v. mourning (adj.).