LUGUBRIOUS


Meaning of LUGUBRIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lu:gu:briəs ]

If you say that someone or something is lugubrious , you mean that they are sad rather than lively or cheerful. ( LITERARY )

...a tall, thin man with a long and lugubrious face...

He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.

= melancholy

ADJ

• lu‧gu‧bri‧ous‧ly

The dog gazed at us lugubriously for a few minutes.

ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj

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