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Definition of Lugubrious
1. Adjective. Excessively mournful.
Definition of Lugubrious
1. a. Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.
Definition of Lugubrious
1. Adjective. gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree. ¹
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Definition of Lugubrious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lugubrious
Literary usage of Lugubrious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"I'd go pardners with him! Jes' jump my bob here and be pardners with him!"
James Whitcomb THE lugubrious WHING-WHANG OUT on the margin of moonshine land. ..."
2. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"—lugubrious Inauguration of the President in the Permanent Government.—-Loss of
Roanoke Island. FEBRUARY IST.—We had a startling rumor yesterday that New ..."
3. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"THE lugubrious WHING WHANG BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY The rhyme o' The Raggedy
Man's 'at's best Is Tickle me, Love, in these Lonesome Ribs,— 'Cause that-un's ..."
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