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Lugubrious
/ləˈɡ(j)uːbɹi.əs/
Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
📖 Definitions of "Lugubrious"
adjective
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Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
"His client’s lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words."
🔄 Synonyms of "Lugubrious"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sorrowful | exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person) |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lugubrious"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sorrowful | exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person) |
| gloomish | Gloomy. |
| sullen | Having a brooding ill temper; sulky. |
| sombrous | Gloomy; sombre. |
| dournoun | Alternative form of daur. [(India, obsolete) A foray or hasty expedition.] |
| moodynoun | A surname. |
| gloomy | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| solemn | (by extension) Deeply serious and sombre; grave. |
| dolorous | Solemnly or ponderously sad. |
| sombre | Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit. |
| gloomful | (archaic or poetic) gloomy |
| glumnoun | (obsolete) sullenness |
| dolesomenoun | Characterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy. |
| dark | Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. |
| glummy | (archaic or dialectal) gloomy |
| morose | Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour. |
| doomynoun | Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic |
| sombersome | Characterised or marked by somberness. |
| dampy | (obsolete) Somewhat damp. |
| dismal | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. |
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