'Lugubriousness' definitions:
Definition of 'lugubriousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness [syn: gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness]
Definition of 'Lugubriousness'
From: GCIDE
- Lugubrious \Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. lygro`s sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. [1913 Webster]
- Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lugubriousness'
From: GCIDE
- lugubriousness \lu*gu"bri*ous*ness\ n.
- 1. excessive sadness and mournfulness.
- Syn: gloominess. [WordNet 1.5]