"lugubrious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /luːˈɡ(j)uː.bɹi.əs/ [UK], /lʊˈɡ(j)uː.bɹi.əs/ [UK], /ləˈɡ(j)u.bɹi.əs/ [US] Audio: en-us-lugubrious.ogg [US] Forms: more lugubrious [comparative], most lugubrious [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), with the suffix -ious. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|la|lūgubris||mournful; gloomy|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), {{bor+|en|la|lūgubris||mournful; gloomy}} Borrowed from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), {{m|en|-ious}} -ious Head templates: {{en-adj}} lugubrious (comparative more lugubrious, superlative most lugubrious)
  1. Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree. Derived forms: lugubriate, lugubriously, lugubriousness Translations (gloomy): мрачен (mračen) (Bulgarian), печален (pečalen) (Bulgarian), llòbrec (Catalan), dyster (Danish), luguber (Dutch), lugubre (French), ნაღვლიანი (naɣvliani) (Georgian), სევდიანი (sevdiani) (Georgian), ჟამი (žami) (Georgian), düster (German), kummervoll (German), gyászos (Hungarian), raunamæddur [masculine] (Icelandic), hryggðar- (Icelandic), sorgar- (Icelandic), sorgbitinn (Icelandic), lugubre (Italian), lūgubris (Latin), luguber (Norwegian Bokmål), luguber (Norwegian Nynorsk), آجی (acı) (note: of sounds) (Ottoman Turkish), lúgubre (Portuguese), lôbrego (Portuguese), lugubru (Romanian), скорбный (skorbnyj) [masculine] (Russian), печа́льный (pečálʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), мра́чный (mráčnyj) [masculine] (Russian), траурный (traurnyj) [masculine] (Russian), sumoran [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ponurý [masculine] (Slovak), pochmúrny [masculine] (Slovak), lúgubre (Spanish), triste (Spanish), lóbrego (Spanish), tétrico (Spanish), sombrío (Spanish), dyster (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lugubrious-en-adj-PgKyrJnf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Georgian terms with redundant script codes

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gloomy",
      "word": "triste"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gloomy",
      "word": "lóbrego"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gloomy",
      "word": "tétrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gloomy",
      "word": "sombrío"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gloomy",
      "word": "dyster"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lugubrious"
}

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