lu·gu·bri·ous
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| mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love. |
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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
Audio Help [luh-goo-bree-os-i-tee, -gyoo-] Pronunciation Key, noun —Synonyms sorrowful, melancholy.
—Antonyms cheerful.
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lugubrious
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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 | |
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| 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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