Lugubrious

WOTD - 6 December 2006    

English

Adjective

Lugubrious (comparative more Lugubrious, superlative most Lugubrious)

1. 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.

   His client's lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words.

Adverbs for Lugubrious

miserably; wretchedly; inconsolably; determinedly; ostentatiously; funereally; gloomily; ridiculously; inordinately; uncommonly; terribly; unbearably; absurdly; unreasonably; pompously; showily; dreadfully; solemnly; demurely; grimly; disconsolately.

Thesaurus

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, joyless, lamentable, morose, mournful, oppressive, plaintive, plangent, plunged in grief, rueful, saturnine, somber, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, sullen, tearful, woeful

Etymology

From Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ləˈɡuːbriəs/

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Translations

gloomy

French: lugubre (fr) German: düster (de), kummervoll (de) Icelandic: raunamæddur (is) m., hryggðar- (is), sorgar- (is), sorgbitinn (is)

Italian: lugubre (it) Latin: lūgubris (la) Romanian: lugubru (ro) Spanish: lúgubre (es), triste (es)