lugubrious
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lu·gu·bri·ous /luːˈɡuːbriəs/ adjective literary SAD/UNHAPPYvery sad and serious – sometimes used humorously 悲伤的，忧郁的〔有时为幽默用法〕 SYN melancholy, morose his lugubrious tear-stained face 他那张忧伤、泪痕斑斑的脸 —lugubriously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
lugubrious• She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths 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 lugubrious laurels.• Their host was a huge, lugubrious man, who reminded Graham of Demis Roussos.• People ate lugubrious meals around the waterfalls, their faces green with marine sorrow.• He remembered the merchant, long, lanky, and lugubrious of countenance.• McNab's head was lowered and he seemed to be pondering in a lugubrious sort of way.• a lugubrious voiceOrigin lugubrious (1600-1700) Latin lugubris, from lugere “to be sad, mourn”lu·gu·bri·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
sometimes Corpus and serious humorously sad – used very
lugubrious
lu‧gu‧bri‧ous /luːˈɡuːbriəs/
adjective literary
SYN melancholy, morose:
his lugubrious tear-stained face
—lugubriously adverb
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 Language: Latin
Origin: lugubris, from lugere 'to be sad, mourn'
SYN melancholy, morose:
—lugubriously adverb