lugubrious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- lugubriosity noun
- lugubriously adverb
- lugubriousness noun
- nonlugubrious adjective
- nonlugubriously adverb
- nonlugubriousness noun
- unlugubrious adjective
- unlugubriously adverb
- unlugubriousness noun
Etymology
Origin of lugubrious
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin lūgubri(s) “mournful” (akin to lūgēre “to mourn”) + -ous
Example Sentences
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William, who Rona chirpily informs us has “a rare mucous membrane disorder,” is happy to get “lugubrious”: “Meaning extremely sad and droopy? A topic I am all too familiar with.”
He described himself as a "shy, serious, lugubrious kid, painfully thin, with a long, sad face".
From BBC
At once lugubrious and nutty, depressing and daring, “The Attachment Diaries” unfolds, for the first hour or so, in the softest black and white.
From New York Times
The mayor, 43, recalled visiting the pyramid as a schoolboy soon after it opened in 1988 as a lugubrious memorial to Mr. Hoxha.
From New York Times
The result isn’t lugubrious on the album, and it isn’t in performance, either.
From New York Times
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