lugubrious

lu·gu·bri·ous

adj \lu̇-ˈgü-brē-əs also -ˈgyü-\

Definition of LUGUBRIOUS

1

: mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful <dark, dramatic and lugubrious brooding — V. S. Pritchett>

2

: dismal <a lugubrious landscape>

— lu·gu·bri·ous·ly adverb

— lu·gu·bri·ous·ness noun

Examples of LUGUBRIOUS

1. a comic actor known for his lugubrious manner
2. <the diner's dim lighting makes eating there a particularly lugubrious experience>

Origin of LUGUBRIOUS

Latin lugubris, from lugēre to mourn; akin to Greek lygros mournful

First Known Use: 1585

Related to LUGUBRIOUS

Synonyms: black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, gloomy, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched

Antonyms: bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny

Related Words: blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woeful; dim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsetting; desperate, hopeless, pessimistic; lamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful; colorless, drab, dull; dour, grim, lowering (also louring), lowery (also loury), menacing, negative, oppressive, threatening

Near Antonyms: blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful; encouraging, hopeful, optimistic; lighthearted, lightsome

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Rhymes with LUGUBRIOUS

salubrious