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Definitions for lugubrious
lʊˈgu bri əs, -ˈgyu-lugubri·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
lugubriousadjective
excessively mournful
Wiktionary
lugubriousadjective
gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
Etymology: From lugubris
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lugubriousadjective
Mournful; sorrowful.
Etymology: lugubre, French; lugubris, Lat.
A demure, or rather a lugubrious look, a sad or whining tone, makes up the sum of many mens humiliations. Decay of Piety.
Wikipedia
lugubrious
Melancholia or melancholy (from Greek: µέλαινα χολή melaina chole, meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions. Melancholy was regarded as one of the four temperaments matching the four humours. Until the 18th century, doctors and other scholars classified melancholic conditions as such by their perceived common cause – an excess of a notional fluid known as "black bile", which was commonly linked to the spleen. Between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, melancholia was a common medical diagnosis, and modern concepts of depression as a mood disorder eventually arose from this historical context.Related terms used in historical medicine include lugubriousness (from Latin lugere: "to mourn"), moroseness (from Latin morosus: "self-will or fastidious habit"), wistfulness (from a blend of "wishful" and the obsolete English wistly, meaning "intently"), and saturnineness (from Latin Saturninus: "of the planet Saturn).
Webster Dictionary
Lugubriousadjective
mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look
Etymology: [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. lygro`s sad, Skr. ruj to break.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lugubrious
lū-gū′bri-us, adj. mournful: dismal.—adv. Lugū′briously. [L. lugubris—lugēre, to mourn.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lugubrious in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lugubrious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- حداديArabic
- špinavéCzech
- lugubriousDanish
- schwermütig, düster, kummervollGerman
- πένθιμοςGreek
- lúgubre, tristeSpanish
- دلپذیرPersian
- murheellinenFinnish
- lugubreFrench
- gyászosHungarian
- murungIndonesian
- raunamæddur, hryggð, sorgbitinn, sorgIcelandic
- lugubreItalian
- 勇敢なJapanese
- ಹಗುರವಾದKannada
- 슬픈 듯한Korean
- lūgubris, civibus lugubremLatin
- luguberDutch
- lugubriousNorwegian
- ponuryPolish
- lôbrego, lúgubrePortuguese
- lugubruRomanian
- скорбный, печальный, траурный, мрачныйRussian
- dyster, lugubraSwedish
- மனம் சோர்ந்தTamil
- విచారకరమైనTelugu
- เศร้าโศกThai
- hazinTurkish
- лагіднийUkrainian
- لچکدارUrdu
- lùm xùmVietnamese
- לוגובריאָוסYiddish
- 悲哀Chinese
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