'Lugubrious' definitions:
Definition of 'lugubrious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Excessively mournful
Definition of 'Lugubrious'
From: GCIDE
- Lugubrious \Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. lygro`s sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. [1913 Webster]
- Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lugubrious'
From: Moby 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