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Meanings of lugubrious in English

Lugubrious.

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          Usage of lugubrious in English
          1
          In his youth, their visits are lugubrious; later on they are sinister.
          Les Misérables
          2
          The sight of the Pinjarapala is less lugubrious and much more amusing.
          From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
          3
          She nudged the lugubrious Truxton when the man spoke of the onions.
          Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
          4
          And suddenly that lugubrious khaki-clad figure started up among the rose bushes.
          Five Tales
          5
          A lugubrious, melancholy thing, like most of the songs of the plainsmen.
          The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings
          6
          They would be sitting about on the horsehair chairs making lugubrious conversation.
          Stubble
          7
          He lifted the glass, and looked at its contents with lugubrious eyes.
          The Second Honeymoon
          8
          He seemed to be playing a part, mechanically, in a lugubrious comedy.
          The American
          9
          Frances stopped a moment beneath the porch, to behold a lugubrious spectacle.
          The Wandering Jew — Volume 03
          10
          Solitary Yankees straggled along with the most lugubrious faces, troubling no one.
          A Confederate Girl's Diary
          11
          He looked up from his plate and regarded me with lugubrious eyes.
          The Mirrors of Downing Street / Some Political Reflections by a ...
          12
          With lugubrious countenance and melancholy tone, Mr. S-said, 'It's gone to hell.
          The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
          13
          Light glared, and Magnifico's face was close to hers, sweaty, wild-eyed, lugubrious.
          Foundation and Empire
          14
          Lytton is still staring at me, in the most ridiculous, lugubrious fashion.
          The great lover
          15
          The afternoon was but dull and lugubrious to the remainder of the party.
          The Three Clerks
          16
          I'll admit there was a certain lugubrious quality to his carryings-on.
          Sunset park
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