Meaning of LUGUBRIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | lû'goobreeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] excessively mournful |
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| | Synonyms: | | sorrowful |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | aggrieved, anguished, black, bleak, careworn, cheerless, depressant, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, dour, dreary, dumb with grief, glum, griefful, grief-stricken, grieved, grievous, in grief, joyless, lamentable, morose, mournful, oppressive, plaintive, plangent, plunged in grief, rueful, saturnine, somber, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, sullen, tearful, woeful |
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