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lu·gu·bri·ous

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–adjective

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

[Origin: 1595–1605; < L lūgubri(s) mournful (akin to lūgére to mourn) + -ous

]

—Related forms

lu·gu·bri·ous·ly, adverb

lu·gu·bri·ous·ness, lu·gu·bri·os·i·ty

Audio Help [luh-goo-bree-os-i-tee, -gyoo-] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms sorrowful, melancholy.

—Antonyms cheerful.

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lu·gu·bri·ous Audio Help (lŏŏ-gōō'brē-əs, -gyōō'-) Pronunciation Key
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

1601, from L. lugubris "mournful, pertaining to mourning," from lugere "to mourn," from PIE base *leug- "to break, to cause pain" (cf. Gk. lygros "mournful, sad," Skt. rujati "breaks, torments," Lettish lauzit "to break the heart").

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lugubrious
adjective
excessively mournful

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Lugubrious

Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. ? sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.

Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness, n.

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