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I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!
Cynthia Ozick

Meaning of "lugubrious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUGUBRIOUS

From Latin lūgubris mournful, from lūgēre to grieve.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUGUBRIOUS

lugubrious  [lʊˈɡuːbrɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUGUBRIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lugubrious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LUGUBRIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Definition of lugubrious in the English dictionary

The definition of lugubrious in the dictionary is excessively mournful; doleful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUGUBRIOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
glorious
ˈɡlɔːrɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
inebrious
ɪnˈiːbrɪəs
insalubrious
ˌɪnsəˈluːbrɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
notorious
nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs
opprobrious
əˈprəʊbrɪəs
pancreas
ˈpæŋkrɪəs
Sagittarius
ˌsædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs
salubrious
səˈluːbrɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
Sirius
ˈsɪrɪəs
tenebrious
təˈnɛbrɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs
victorious
vɪkˈtɔːrɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUGUBRIOUS

luggage boot
luggage carrier
luggage handler
luggage insurance
luggage label
luggage locker
luggage rack
luggage van
lugged
lugger
luggie
lugging
Lughnasadh
lughole
Lugo
lugsail
lugubriously
lugubriousness
Luguvallum
lugworm

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUGUBRIOUS

bi-curious
carious
censorious
deleterious
delicious
delirious
gregarious
illustrious
imperious
industrious
inglorious
injurious
laborious
meritorious
multifarious
nefarious
precarious
spurious
uproarious
vainglorious
vicarious

Synonyms and antonyms of lugubrious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LUGUBRIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lugubrious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lugubrious

Translation of «lugubrious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUGUBRIOUS

Find out the translation of lugubrious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lugubrious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lugubrious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阴郁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lúgubre
570 millions of speakers

English

lugubrious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शोकाकुल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حدادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мрачный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lúgubre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিরানন্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lugubre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lugubrious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwermütig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悲しげな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

슬픈듯한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lugubrious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sầu tham
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனம் சோர்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विनम्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hazin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lugubre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żałobny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похмурий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lugubru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πένθιμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

somber
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lugubra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lugubrious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lugubrious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUGUBRIOUS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUGUBRIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lugubrious

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QUOTES WITH «LUGUBRIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lugubrious.
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Cynthia Ozick
I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUGUBRIOUS»

Discover the use of lugubrious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lugubrious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lugubrious Nights: An Eighteenth-century Spanish Romance
This is the first English translation of a lyrical poem in prose that Sebold considers to be the first fully Romantic work of continental European literature.
José Cadalso, 2008
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... oppressed, weighed down (see DEPRESS): »despondent, despairing, hopeless, forlorn, desperate 2 Melancholy, dolorous, doleful, lugubrious, rueful, plaintive are comparable when they mean expressing or suggesting sorrow or mourning.
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939
The. "Lugubrious. Game". Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. Thus abandoning certain investigations is out of the question. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only ...
Georges Bataille, Allan Stoekl, 1985
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Salvador Dalí: The Construction of the Image, 1925-1930
111 (LEFT) S. Dali, The Lugubrious Game (detail of fij;. ioz) i ii (RIGHT) Titian, Warship of the Goddess of Love (detail <>f tig. i iol over, the formal similarities between The Lugubrious Game and Worship of the Goddess of Love suggest that ...
Fèlix Fanés, 2007
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Exstatic Almanac
63 let go — my lugubrious vertigo. let go — my lugubrious vertigo. let go —- my lugubrious vertigo. let go — my lugubrious vertigo. let go — my lugubrious vertigo . let go -- my lugubrious vertigo. let go —- my lugubrious vertigo. revolve the time  ...
Awol Love Vibe, John Sobol, Alex Ferguson, 2009
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
\Vhile the frivolous sons and daughters of Adam around her donned and defied their griefs, like the sables which the liberated heir displays in public, but repudiates in private, the woes of the Lugubrious Family were perennial. Embodying in ...
Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, 1840
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The Knickerbocker; Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
While the frivolous sons and daughters of Adam around her donned and doffed their griefs, like the sables which the liberated heir displays in public, but repudiates in private, the woes of the Lugubrious Family were perennial. Embodying in ...
‎1840
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The Best Words: More Than 200 of the Most Excellent, Most ...
lugubrious (loo-GOO-bree-es) adjective mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree. I have been dreaming that I lived near the Thames—I walked through streets more and more gloomy. I saw lugubrious ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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The Knickerbocker
While the frivolous sons and daughters of Adam around her donned and doffed their griefs, like the sables which the liberated heir displays in public, but repudiates in private, the woes of the Lugubrious Family were perennial. Embodying in ...
John Holmes Agnew, Washington Irving, 1840
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Ladybugs of Alberta: Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots
Lugubrious. lady,. you. make. me. so. glad,. But your name, in a word, is intended as "sad” T H E N A M E Lugubris comes from Latin, and means dark, gloomy, and sorrowful, much like the English word “lugubrious.” IDENTIFICATION 2.41.3 ...
John Acorn, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUGUBRIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lugubrious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Animal Omen - "Susan" (audio) (premiere) | PopMatters
At first Vancouver band Animal Omen sounds cut from the same retro heavy rock as Black Mountain from the same city, relying on lugubrious ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
2
BBC Sport - Open 2015: St Andrew's theatre set for thrilling finale
At his last five majors the lugubrious American has been a cumulative 31 under for his first two rounds and level par for his last two, a man who ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
3
The Open 2015: Monday finishes within sport are the type of quirky …
Even the often lugubrious Lee Westwood was not impervious to the high drama in the Usk Valley, as the Ryder Cup five years ago stretched ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Buhari's U.S. Visit and Why the Skepticim
Homosexuality is one of such; and such a lugubrious desecration. So, it was an effort in exhibitionism that Nigeria out of uncalled necessity ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Kshatriya Mahasabha demands welfare for Kishan Debey's family
... Deepa Singh, Chandrakanta Singh, Saroj Singh, Rajmni Singh, Sushma Kumari, Sujata Aditydev, lugubrious Singh, Preeti Singh, Isha Singh ... «Avenue Mail, Jul 15»
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Famine (with Pink Rick, Lugubrious Children and Groak) - Nation Of …
Lugubrious Children were more on the quicker side of metal, playing short and speedy grindcore with ear piercingly sharp vocals and raw, ... «Contactmusic.com, Jul 15»
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Football transfer rumours: Liverpool's Rickie Lambert to move to …
And to complete a neat circle in this paragraph, Spurs will offer Everton Aaron Lennon – lugubrious facial expression not included – plus some ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Turkish President's Daughter Heads a Covert Medical Corps to Help …
Weak, dependent, lugubrious though defiant; the Turkish nurse pleaded for Turkish judiciary help, imploring the last bastion of freedom, Turkish ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
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A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler
... own amusingly lugubrious way, a useful lesson in the survival skill of wringing black comedy from life's million little agonies and absurdities. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
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Dustin Johnson leads pack after displaying his powers of recovery
And it is why the lugubrious presence of Dustin Johnson at the top of the leaderboard was a suitably dramatic beginning to the Open. «The Times, Jul 15»

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