lugubrious

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lu‧gu‧bri‧ous/luːˈɡuːbriəs/ adjective literary
[date : 1600-1700; Language : Latin; Origin : lugubris, from lugere 'to be sad, mourn']
very sad and serious – sometimes used humorously SYN melancholy, morose:
　 ▪ his lugubrious tear-stained face

—lugubriously adverb

adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a lugubrious voice
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After a few minutes the door opened and a young, lugubrious face looked out.
▪ He remembered the merchant, long, lanky, and lugubrious of countenance.
▪ Henry was large and jovial and partly bald, while Jimmy was small and rather lugubrious in appearance and hailed from Glasgow.
▪ McNab's head was lowered and he seemed to be pondering in a lugubrious sort of way.
▪ People ate lugubrious meals around the waterfalls, their faces green with marine sorrow.
▪ She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths of Baikal.
▪ The Rectory drive was dank and dripping between its lugubrious laurels.
▪ Their host was a huge, lugubrious man, who reminded Graham of Demis Roussos.