lugubrious
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
Origin of lugubrious
1Other 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
She is likely to shoehorn her pain into lugubrious scenarios that are perfect for country-music videos.
Death is not a lugubrious occasion here, but more often a celebration of a life.
Impressed by the lugubrious scene, Aguinaldo yielded, and the next day peace negotiations were opened.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanFrances was still looking somewhat lugubrious when the door opened and Miss Mildmay senior came in.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthThese are the most lugubrious nuptial felicitations that ever were offered to a bridegroom, I should fancy!
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor Trollope
A lugubrious quail doled forth a grating, dismal note at long but measured intervals, offending the ear and depressing the heart.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeHe put his fingers to his ears, but the lugubrious noise passed those barriers, and made its way into his heart.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for lugubrious
/ (lʊˈɡuːbrɪəs) /
excessively mournful; doleful
Origin of lugubrious
1Derived forms of lugubrious
- lugubriously, adverb
- lugubriousness, noun
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