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lugubrious
/ləˈɡ(j)u.bɹi.əs/
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What does lugubrious mean?
adjective
- Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
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/ləˈɡ(j)u.bɹi.əs/
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This sounded lugubrious to Dr. Archie, who had a physician’s dislike of funerals, but he tried to accept the suggestion cordially.
The lugubrious harmony of the spot with his domestic situation was too perfect for him, impatient of effects, scenes, and adumbrations.
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And she hummed scraps of vaudevilles, as though she had been alone, frolicsome refrains which her hoarse and guttural voice rendered lugubrious.
Throughout that little suite could be heard but two sounds, the lugubrious strains of the concertina and the noise of stifled weeping.
The dogs dashed on, but at the threshold suddenly stopped and snarled, and then, simultaneously lifting their noses, began to howl in most lugubrious fashion.