lugubrious• She could imagine what was going on in the lugubriousdepths of Baikal.• After a few minutes the door opened and a young, lugubrious face looked out.• Henry was large and jovial and partly bald, while Jimmy was small and rather lugubrious in appearance and hailed from Glasgow.• The Rectory drive was dank and dripping between its lugubriouslaurels.• Their host was a huge, lugubrious man, who reminded Graham of Demis Roussos.• People ate lugubriousmeals around the waterfalls, their faces green with marinesorrow.• He remembered the merchant, long, lanky, and lugubrious of countenance.• McNab's head was lowered and he seemed to be pondering in a lugubrioussort of way.• a lugubrious voice
Originlugubrious
(1600-1700)Latinlugubris, from lugere“to be sad, mourn”