Lugubrious
Lugubrious adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: in Victorian times, people who could affect particularly lugubrious expressions were hired to march in funeral processions as professional mourners
Weeping and lugubrious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weeping" instead an adjective "Lugubrious".
Nearby Word: lugubriously
Weeping
Weeping adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: a weeping song about a long-lost love
Lugubrious and weeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lugubrious" instead an adjective "Weeping".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and lugubrious
- melancholy and weeping
- dismal and lugubrious
- dismal and weeping
- woeful and lugubrious
- woeful and weeping
- wailing and lugubrious
- wailing and weeping
- sad and lugubrious
- sad and weeping
- despondent and lugubrious
- despondent and weeping
- sorrowful and lugubrious
- sorrowful and weeping
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