lugubrious
lugubrious · more lugubrious · most lugubrious
скорбный, печальный, мрачный, траурный
düster, kummervoll
Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degreeGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
UK/luːˈɡ(j)uː.bɹi.əs/US/ləˈɡ(j)u.bɹi.əs/
» I'd prefer to be called lugubrious rather than a sad sack.
Meaning
1 sensesGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
His client’s lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words.
düster, kummervoll
скорбныйskorbnyj, печа́льныйpečálʹnyj, мра́чныйmráčnyj
excessively mournful
Examples
1 sentencesI'd prefer to be called lugubrious rather than a sad sack.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
gloomy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
gloomy:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), with the suffix -ious.Borrowed from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), with the suffix -ious.
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Forms
more lugubrious, most lugubrious| Comparative | more lugubrious Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most lugubrious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
107 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsRelatedlugubriousness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form