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mournful

How many syllables in mournful?

  2 syllables

Divide mournful into syllables:   mourn-ful
Stressed syllable in mournful:   mourn-ful
How to say mournful:

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Synonyms for mournful


1 syllable
  • sad
    2 syllables
    • doleful
    • plaintive
    • soulful
    • woeful
    • grieving
    • somber
    • tearful
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    • elegiac
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    What rhymes with mournful

    2 syllables
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