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- Dictionarylu·gu·bri·ous/lo͞oˈɡo͞obrēəs/
adjective
- 1. looking or sounding sad and dismal: "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual"
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The meaning of LUGUBRIOUS is mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful. How to use lugubrious in a sentence. Lugubrious Has Latin Roots
adjective. literaryuk/luːˈɡuː.bri.əs/us/luːˈɡuː.bri.əs/ Add to word listAdd to word list. sad and serious: a lugubrious face. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long faceidiom. abjection. angsty. be cut upidiom. be down in the mouthidiom. be in a funkidiom. dismayed. displeased. dissatisfied. distraught.
Lugubrious definition: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner. See examples of LUGUBRIOUS used in a sentence.
Anything that makes you sad, gloomy, or mournful can be called lugubrious. Lugubrious comes from the Latin verb lūgēre, "to mourn." You can also listen to the sound of the word: lugubrious sounds slow, heavy, and sad. Sometimes, just the "feel" of a word is enough to clue you in to its meaning, and lugubrious is one of those words
Definition of lugubrious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say that someone or something is lugubrious, you mean that they are sad rather than lively or cheerful.
adjective. literary us / luːˈɡuː.bri.əs / uk / luːˈɡuː.bri.əs / Add to word list. sad and serious: a lugubrious face. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom. dismayed. displeased. dissatisfied. distraught. distressed.
Dec 9, 2016 · Synonyms for LUGUBRIOUS: somber, bleak, depressive, depressing, dark, lonely, darkening, solemn; Antonyms of LUGUBRIOUS: cheerful, friendly, bright, cheery, festive, gay, cordial, joyous
1. lugubrious - excessively mournful. sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13.
Lugubrious definition: Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
