lugubrious
[adjective]
Synonyms: gloomy, doleful, melancholy, mournful, sad, serious, sombre, sorrowful, woebegone

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Antonyms: facetious
Contrasted words: blithe, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, cheerful, glad, joyful
Related Words: depressing, oppressing, oppressive, dour, glum, morose, saturnine, sullen

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lu‧gu‧bri‧ous /luːˈɡuːbriəs/ adjective literary
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: lugubris, from lugere 'to be sad, mourn']
very sad and serious – sometimes used humorously Synonym : melancholy, morose:
his lugubrious tear-stained face
—lugubriously adverb

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