lugubrious
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lugubrious
- /luːˈɡ(j)uː.bɹi.əs/ UK
- /lʊˈɡ(j)uː.bɹi.əs/ UK
- /ləˈɡ(j)u.bɹi.əs/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), with the suffix -ious.
adjective more lugubrious · most lugubrious
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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.
Similar: dreary, glum, miserable, cheerless, comfortless, bleak, dark, morose, depressing, desolate, dire, disconsolate
Translations
Talk about this word "lugubrious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lugubrious. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lugubrious. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lugubrious "lugubrious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lugubrious.Cite this
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title = {lugubrious},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lugubrious},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
