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Definition of Lugubrious

Lugubrious
Lugubrious Lu*gu"bri*ous, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. ? sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Lugubrious from wikipedia

- major depression. Related terms used in historical medicine include lugubriousness (from Latin lugere: "to mourn"), moroseness (from Latin morosus: "self-will...
- The Lugubrious Game (or The Mournful Game) is a part oil painting and part collage-on-cardboard work created by Salvador Dalí in 1929. The name of the...
- Porridge and Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine. His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years. Though...
- tolls, along with an original transition section to the song of a slow, lugubrious instrumental feel. Of his entrances, Calaway has stated, "When that gong...
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- review, praising the performances, and wrote, "There is something still lugubrious and overwrought about True Detective, but there's also a mesmerizing style...
- the bug-eyes, the yelling, the Mick Jagger poses, the Oscar-winning lugubriousness. Whittaker, Richard (January 31, 2017). "Nicolas Cage Takes Over the...
- Canada and Ireland from May to October 2000.: 248–249  Reveal shared the "lugubrious pace" of Up,: 303  and featured drumming by Joey Waronker, as well as...