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lugubriousness

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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.
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Noun1.lugubriousness - the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
gloominess, sadness
uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits


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As overdetermined as it is in its almost comic lugubriousness, the image retains a certain Friedrichian sublimity (mediated here by the reference to Island of the Dead, 1880, by Arnold Bocklin, himself a follower of the German master).
First take: at the beginning of each year, Artforum asks a group of ... by Rattemeyer, Christian / Artforum International
Although late-twentieth-century audiences primed to see constructivist orderings and neoclassical antecedents in Nijinska's choreography would likely disagree with Edwin Denby's 1944 pronouncement of this ballet as "Radio City corn of incredible lugubriousness," it is not as boldly Spartan as the choreographer's Les Noces nor as wryly topical as Le Train Bleu or Les Biches, both Nijinska ballets that Oakland has restaged to well-deserved acclaim.
Oakland Ballet by Ross, Janice / Dance Magazine
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