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LUGUBRIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lugubriousness mean?
• LUGUBRIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun LUGUBRIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
Familiarity information: LUGUBRIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gloominess; lugubriousness; sadness
Hypernyms ("lugubriousness" is a kind of...):
uncheerfulness (not conducive to cheer or good spirits)
Derivation:
lugubrious (excessively mournful)
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