lugubrious
11lugubrious — adjective /ləˈɡuːbriəs/ gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree. The poor lighting and sparse maintenance, plus the rarefied traffic on its wide boulevards, made the effect of Pyongyang on the tourist distinctly lugubrious …
12lugubrious — lu|gu|bri|ous [lu:ˈgu:briəs] adj literary [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: lugubris, from lugere to be sad, mourn ] very sad and serious sometimes used humorously = ↑melancholy, morose ↑morose ▪ his lugubrious tear stained face >lugubriously …
13lugubrious — adjective literary or humorous very sad and serious: a lugubrious voice lugubriously adverb lugubriousness noun (U) …
14lugubrious — lu•gu•bri•ous [[t]lʊˈgu bri əs, ˈgyu [/t]] adj. mournful or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love[/ex] • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L lūgubri(s) mournful lu•gu′bri•ous•ly, adv.… …
15lugubrious — /ləˈgubriəs / (say luh goohbreeuhs) adjective mournful; doleful; dismal: lugubrious tones. {Latin lūgubri(s) mournful + ous} –lugubriously, adverb –lugubriousness, noun …
16lugubrious — Synonyms and related words: aggrieved, anguished, black, bleak, careworn, cheerless, depressant, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, dour, dreary, dumb with grief, glum, grief stricken, griefful, grieved, grievous, in grief,… …
17lugubrious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mournful, doleful, dejected. See dejection. Ant., cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dismal, mournful, pensive; see sad 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Full of or expressive of sorrow:… …
18lugubrious — lu|gu|bri|ous [ lə gubriəs ] adjective looking very sad or serious ╾ lu|gu|bri|ous|ly adverb …
19lugubrious — lu·gu·bri·ous || luË guËbrɪəs adj. melancholic, sad, sorrowful …
20lugubrious — [lʊ gu:brɪəs] adjective mournful; sad and dismal. Derivatives lugubriously adverb lugubriousness noun Origin C17: from L. lugubris (from lugere mourn ) + ous …
