OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 11714

lugubrious

/luːˈɡ(j)uː.bɹi.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lóbrego • lúgubre • sombrío • triste • tétrico
Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
His client’s lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words.
The exaggeration with darkness imparted to the glooms of this region impressed Henchard more than he had expected. The lugubrious harmony of the spot with his domestic situation wa…
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