Lugubrious

WOTD - 6 December 2006    

English

Etymology

From Latin lūgubris (“‘mournful; gloomy’”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ləˈguːbriəs/

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Adjective

Lugubrious (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Lugubrious

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1. gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.

   The poor lighting and sparse maintenance, plus the rarefied traffic on its wide boulevards, made the effect of Pyongyang on the tourist distinctly lugubrious.

   His client's lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words.

Translations

gloomy

Dutch: luguber nl(nl) French: lugubre fr(fr) German: düster de(de), kummervoll de(de) Icelandic: raunamæddur is(is) m., hryggðar- is(is), sorgar- is(is), sorgbitinn is(is)

Italian: lugubre it(it) Latin: lūgubris la(la) Romanian: lugubru ro(ro) Spanish: lúgubre es(es), triste es(es)

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