mournful

[US]/ˈmɔːnfl/
[UK]/ˈmɔːrnfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. imejaa au ikiwa na huzuni au kumsikitisha; kusababisha au kutindua hofu au kilio.

Example Sentences

the mournful sound of a train whistle.

sauti ya huzuni ya mlio wa pete ya treni.

her large, mournful eyes.

macho yake makubwa, yaliyojaa huzuni.

gave her a mournful look.

akamwangalia kwa taabu.

he emitted a short mournful squall.

aliitoa kilio kifupi chenye taabu.

the mournful sound did nothing to squash her high spirits.

sauti ya huzuni haikuweza kukandamiza hisia zake za shangwe.

"'Mr Eames,' he said, in a mournful voice, 'you have just killed that child!'"

"’Bwana Eames,” alisema, kwa sauti ya taabu, ‘umemuua mtoto huyo!’"

Real-world Examples

" You have dropped into your old mournful key."

"Umeangukia kwenye ufunguo wako wa zamani wenye huzuni."

Source: Returning Home

The sea gushed forward and backward; it was a mournful sound.

Bahari ilienea mbele na nyuma; ilikuwa sauti yenye huzuni.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Since that mournful period, a great change had come over me.

Tangu kipindi kile chenye huzuni, mabadilikko makubwa yamenigusa.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 4

" Ah me" ! once voice said, and another said, " Oh, mournful day" .

"Nimekuwa"! Sauti moja ilisema, na nyingine ilisema, "Oh, siku yenye huzuni."

Source: Peter Pan

There's something mournful in his eyes when he looks back at Ove.

Kuna jambo la huzuni katika macho yake anapotazama nyuma kwa Ove.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

Their strange faces, which seemed mournful and merry all at once, looked into his.

Vinyoongo vyao vya ajabu, vilivyokuwa naonekana na huzuni na furaha kwa pamoja, vilimtazama.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Hence the expression, serious even to mournful, that shadowed his film-star-handsome face on the course.

Hiyo ndiyo iliyosababisha hali ya roho, ya mzito hata ya huzuni, iliyofunika uso wake wa mzuri kama nyota ya filamu kwenye kozi.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

There was a long pause, broken only by the mournful creak of the floorboards below Harry's feet.

Kulikuwa na kimya kirefu, kikiachiliwa na sauti ya huzuni ya bodi za sakafu chini ya miguu ya Harry.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Virginia Woolf's London in “Mrs Dalloway” (1925) is mournful, offering little succour after the first world war.

Londa ya Virginia Woolf katika “Mrs Dalloway” (1925) ni yenye huzuni, hutoi msaada mwingi baada ya vita vya dunia ya kwanza.

Source: The Economist - Arts

A listener hears the mournful feeling cowboys had for the prairie in this song called, The Dying Cowboy.

Mlisikiwa hufundua hisia ya huzuni ya wahusudu waliohisi kwa meli katika wimbo huu unaoitwa, The Dying Cowboy.

Source: VOA Special September 2019 Collection

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