Word of the day - Aug-13-2023 - Lugubrious
Word of the day
Synonyms & Antonyms for lugubrious
Synonyms:
- forlorn
- melancholy
- depressed
- black
- gloomy
- glum
- melancholic
- drear
- dreary
- sepulchral
- cloudy
- oppressive
- dire
- saturnine
- blue
- tenebrous
- funereal
- mournful
- elegiacal
- cheerless
- elegiac
- chill
- comfortless
- miserable
- sad
- cold
- disconsolate
- godforsaken
- dismal
- dreich
- sombre
- morose
- sullen
- wretched
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- threatening
- sunless
- dejected
- distressful
- unhappy
- desperate
- plutonian
- dull
- discomfiting
- tenebrific
- negative
- sorrowful
- mirthless
- drab
- down
- hangdog
- dismaying
- colorless
- discouraging
- plaintive
- despondent
- woeful
- lamentable
- distressing
- disheartening
- menacing
- pessimistic
- upsetting
- low
- inconsolable
- dispiriting
- hopeless
- dim
- cimmerian
- woebegone
- dour
- droopy
- grim
Antonyms:
Sentences using the word lugubrious
- The mourners' lugubrious faces reflected their deep sorrow.
- The desolate wasteland had a lugubrious aura that chilled the soul.
- The abandoned house's lugubrious appearance hinted at its tragic past.
- The funeral procession moved along with a lugubrious tempo, evoking a sense of profound loss.
- The patient's lugubrious stare spoke volumes about their despair.
- The eerie silence of the empty church was broken only by the lugubrious tolling of the bell.
- The author's lugubrious prose painted a bleak and hopeless picture.
- The symphony's mournful notes conveyed a lugubrious melody that filled the hall.
- The injured bird's lugubrious cries summoned compassion from those who heard.
- The dark clouds hung overhead, casting a lugubrious pall over the once-cheerful landscape.
FAQs About the word lugubrious
excessively mournfulMournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.
morbid, lonely, solemn, grey, murky, gray, depressive, desolate, somber, dark
gay, merry, friendly, gay, cordial, bright, gay, comforting, sunshiny, festive
The mourners' lugubrious faces reflected their deep sorrow.The desolate wasteland had a lugubrious aura that chilled the soul.
The abandoned house's lugubrious appearance hinted at its tragic past.The funeral procession moved along with a lugubrious tempo, evoking a sense of profound loss.
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Aug 13, 2023lugubrious
