lugubrious

[ loo-goo-bree-uhs, -gyoo- ]
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adjective
  1. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.

Origin of lugubrious

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin lūgubri(s) “mournful” (akin to lūgēre “to mourn”) + -ous

Other words for lugubrious

Opposites for lugubrious

Other words from lugubrious

  • lu·gu·bri·ous·ly, adverb
  • lu·gu·bri·ous·ness, lu·gu·bri·os·i·ty [luh-goo-bree-os-i-tee, -gyoo-], /ləˌgu briˈɒs ɪ ti, -ˌgyu-/, noun
  • non·lu·gu·bri·ous, adjective
  • non·lu·gu·bri·ous·ly, adverb
  • non·lu·gu·bri·ous·ness, noun
  • un·lu·gu·bri·ous, adjective
  • un·lu·gu·bri·ous·ly, adverb
  • un·lu·gu·bri·ous·ness, noun

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How to use lugubrious in a sentence

  • A lugubrious quail doled forth a grating, dismal note at long but measured intervals, offending the ear and depressing the heart.

  • He put his fingers to his ears, but the lugubrious noise passed those barriers, and made its way into his heart.

British Dictionary definitions for lugubrious

lugubrious

/ (lʊˈɡuːbrɪəs) /


adjective
  1. excessively mournful; doleful

Origin of lugubrious

1
C17: from Latin lūgubris mournful, from lūgēre to grieve

Derived forms of lugubrious

  • lugubriously, adverb
  • lugubriousness, noun

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