单词 | lugubrious |
释义 | lugubrious (once / 4370 pages) adj Funerals are lugubrious. So are rainy days and Mondays. Anything that makes you sad, gloomy, or mournful can be called lugubrious. Lugubrious comes from the Latin verb lūgēre, "to mourn." You can also listen to the sound of the word: lugubrious sounds slow, heavy, and sad. Sometimes, just the "feel" of a word is enough to clue you in to its meaning, and lugubrious is one of those words. I was feeling great when I got to the concert, but the lugubrious music left me in a terrible mood. WORD FAMILYlugubrious: lugubriously, lugubriousness USAGE EXAMPLESIn the interests of full disclosure, I need to state upfront that the check-in process is both lugubrious and more than slightly irritating. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) The cold signals the approach of winter and its long nights and lugubrious days. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) And the whole first movement that followed was taken at a pace so slow it was downright lugubrious, sometimes verging on the bathetic. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) adj excessively mournful Syn sorrowful experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss |
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