lugubriousness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lugubriousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lugubriousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lugubriousness n the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness Synonym(s): gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lugubrious \Lugu"brious\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. [?] sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- {Lugu"briously}, adv. -- {Lugu"briousness}, n.