lugubrious

lu·gu·bri·ous

 (lo͝o-go͞o′brē-əs, -gyo͞o′-)

adj.

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

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[From Latin lūgubris, from lūgēre, to mourn.]

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lu·gu′bri·ous·ly adv.

lu·gu′bri·ous·ness n.

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lugubrious

(lʊˈɡuːbrɪəs)

adj

excessively mournful; doleful

[C17: from Latin lūgubris mournful, from lūgēre to grieve]

luˈgubriously adv

luˈgubriousness n

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lu•gu•bri•ous

(lʊˈgu bri əs, -ˈgyu-)

adj.

mournful or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.

[1595–1605; < Latin lūgubri(s) mournful]

lu•gu′bri•ous•ly, adv.

lu•gu′bri•ous•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

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

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lugubrious

adjective gloomy, serious, sad, dismal, melancholy, dreary, sombre, woeful, mournful, morose, sorrowful, funereal, doleful, woebegone, dirgelike He plays it so slowly that it becomes lugubrious.

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lugubrious

adjective

Full of or expressive of sorrow:

doleful, dolorous, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful.

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Translations

düsterkummervoll

lúgubretriste

lugubremélancoliquesombre

lugubre

lugubris

lúgubre

lugubru

lugubrious

[luːˈguːbrɪəs] ADJ → lúgubre

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lugubrious

[luːˈguːbriəs] adj → lugubre

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lugubrious

adj person, song → schwermütig; smile, tune → wehmütig; face, expression → kummervoll

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lugubrious

[lʊˈguːbrɪəs] adj (liter) → lugubre

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