lugubrious

Meaning of lugubrious

adjective
  1. looking or sounding sad and dismal.
    his face looked even more lugubrious than usual

early 17th century: from Latin lugubris (from lugere ‘mourn’) + -ous.

Information about lugubrious

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of lugubrious

lugubri-ous

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • lugubrious is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

lugubrious synonyms

Meaning feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief:

mournful

Meaning causing or feeling depression or despondency:

gloomy

Meaning feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy:

sad

Meaning not happy:

unhappy

Meaning expressing sorrow; mournful:

doleful

Meaning looking or feeling dejected; morose:

glum

Meaning having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive:

melancholy

Meaning feeling or expressing pensive sadness:

melancholic

Meaning characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery:

woeful

Meaning (of a person) habitually morose:

miserable

Meaning sad or miserable in appearance:

woebegone

Meaning pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely:

forlorn

Meaning in low spirits from loss of hope or courage:

despondent

Meaning sad and depressed; dispirited:

dejected

Meaning (of a person) in a state of unhappiness or despondency:

depressed

Meaning having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness:

sombre

Meaning formal and dignified:

solemn

Meaning demanding or characterized by careful consideration or application:

serious

Meaning feeling or showing grief:

sorrowful

Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:

morose

Meaning relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance:

dour

Meaning (of a smile or laugh) lacking real amusement and typically expressing irony:

mirthless

Meaning gloomy; depressing:

cheerless

Meaning not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal:

joyless

Meaning (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state:

wretched

Meaning (of a person or their mood) gloomy:

dismal

Meaning very serious or gloomy:

grim

Meaning (of a person or their manner) gloomy:

saturnine

Meaning tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen:

pessimistic

Meaning having the mournful, sombre character appropriate to a funeral:

funereal

Meaning gloomy; dismal:

sepulchral

Meaning relating to or characteristic of an elegy:

elegiac

Meaning of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day:

blue

Meaning feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress:

dolorous

lugubrious antonyms

Meaning noticeably happy and optimistic:

cheerful

Meaning feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness:

joyful

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