lugubrious

lu·gu·bri·ous  (l-gbr-s, -gy-)

adj.

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

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[From Latin lgubris, from lgre, to mourn.]

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lu·gubri·ous·ly adv.

lu·gubri·ous·ness n.

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lugubrious [lʊˈguːbrɪəs]

adj

excessively mournful; doleful

[from Latin lūgubris mournful, from lūgēre to grieve]

lugubriously  adv

lugubriousness  n

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.

Translations

lugubrious [luːˈguːbrɪəs] ADJ → lúgubre

lugubrious [luːˈguːbriəs] adj → lugubre

lugubrious

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

lugubrious [lʊˈguːbrɪəs] adj (liter) → lugubre