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lugubrious

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lu·gu·bri·ous  (l-gbr-s, -gy-)
adj.
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
[From Latin lgubris, from lgre, to mourn.]
lu·gubri·ous·ly adv.
lu·gubri·ous·ness n.
lugubrious [loo-goo-bree-uss]
Adjective
mournful or gloomy [Latin lugere to grieve]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
lugubrious
adjective gloomy, serious, sad, dismal, melancholy, dreary, sombre, woeful, mournful, morose, sorrowful, funereal, doleful, woebegone, dirgelike
Translations
lugubrious [luˈguːbrɪəs] adj → lúgubre
lugubrious [luˈguːbrɪəs] adj → lugubre
lugubrious [luˈguːbrɪəs] adj → schwermütig
lugubrious [luˈguːbrɪəs] adj → lugubre


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Presently a dog set up a long, lugubrious howl just outside -- within ten feet of them.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
Robby's face is so lugubrious that it is no wonder I have bad dreams.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Billy sang a lugubrious song of many stanzas about a cowboy, the refrain of which was, "Bury me out on the lone pr-rairie.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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