lugubrious adjectiveEtymology: Latin lugubris, from lugēre to mourn; akin
to Greek lygros mournful Date: 1585 1.mournful;
especially exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful <dark, dramatic
and lugubrious brooding — V. S. Pritchett> 2.dismal
<a lugubrious landscape> • lugubriouslyadverb
• lugubriousnessnoun
lugubrious
If you say that someone or something is lugubrious, you mean that they are sad rather
than lively or cheerful. (LITERARY)
...a tall, thin man with a long and lugubrious face...He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.= melancholy
ADJ
• lugubriouslyThe dog gazed at us lugubriously for a few minutes.ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
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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