A song of mourning is called an elegy. It is actually a poem which is a lament for the dead. It comes from the Greek term "elegeia" which means "lament".
opposite of wistfully
He watched wistfully as the other boys received their awards. Home sick for the day, she gazed wistfully out the window at her friends playing in the snow. Staring wistfully at the thin dancers, she vowed to lose 30 pounds.
mourn
He walked wistfully away from the train as it pulled out of the station.
Some antonyms for the word joyful are mournful, heartsick, bitter, and sad.
opposite of wistfully
No, the word 'wistfully' is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.The word 'wistfully' is the adverb form of the adjective 'wistful'.Examples:Mother wistfully turned the pages of the photo album. (modifies the verb 'turned')It's a wistfully humorous play. (modifies the adjective 'humorous')A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.The nouns in the example sentences are: mother, pages, album, play.
Synonyms for the word wistfully: unhappily, cheerlessly, dejectedly, dismally, dolefully, gloomily, grievously, joylessly, morosely, sorrowfully
He watched wistfully as the other boys received their awards. Home sick for the day, she gazed wistfully out the window at her friends playing in the snow. Staring wistfully at the thin dancers, she vowed to lose 30 pounds.
Gloomily and sorrowfully.
mournful- a act thet damages or hurts
the wife was mournful at her husbands death
mourn
groan
Dirge.
John waited wistfully for the cake on the table.
There are two syllables in "wistfully."