🔤 Lugubrious (Adjective)
IPA: //luːˈɡjuːbriəs//
✨ Use lugubrious when the mood is so dreary or exaggeratedly sad, it could be straight out of a gothic novel.
🧠 Meaning
Looking or sounding sad, dismal, or gloomy—often in an exaggerated or theatrical way.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 He gave a lugubrious sigh after losing the game, as if the world had ended.
🔹 The movie’s lugubrious tone made it feel more like a funeral than a love story.
📜 Word Origin
From Latin lugubris, from lugere meaning “to mourn.”
💡 Did You Know?
Lugubrious doesn’t just mean sad—it’s over-the-top sad. Think melodrama, gloomy music, and heavy sighs.
🏷️ Related Words
#mournful
#gloomy
#sorrowful
#woeful
#dismal
#melancholy
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