lugubrious

lu·gu·bri·ous

adjective \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

Rhymes with LUGUBRIOUS

salubrious