Lu‐gu″bri‐ous (?), a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. λυγρόσ 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.
— Lu‐gu″bri‐ous‐ly, adv. — Lu‐gu″bri‐ous‐ness, n.