lugubrious

/ləˈɡubriəs/

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Type

Adjective

  • Formal

Meaning

  1. Looking or sounding excessively sad, dismal, or mournful.

    • The cellist played a lugubrious melody that silenced the entire hall.

Collocations

  • lugubrious tone
  • lugubrious expression
  • lugubrious face
  • lugubrious voice
  • lugubrious music

Synonyms

  • mournful
  • dismal
  • gloomy
  • somber
  • melancholy

Antonyms