Definition
mournful in an exaggerated way
In a sentence
“His lugubrious face dominated the photo.”
Similar words
- gloomy
- mournful
Related vocabulary
Why this word matters: lugubrious appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.