lugubrious
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lu·gu·bri·ous
(lo͝o-go͞o′brē-əs, -gyo͞o′-)adj.
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
[From Latin lūgubris, from lūgēre, to mourn.]
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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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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