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Word of the Week: Lugubrious

By Joseph on 18 December 2006 | Permalink
Lugubrious (adjective)

Looking or sounding sad or dismal; mournful or gloomy in an affected or exaggerated way

"Hannah's friends could not help but find her lugubrious after she spent two months cloistered in her room, mourning the loss of her toe ring."

1 Comments

Drew!
26 December 06 at 18:18 (GMT -08:00)

That's funny - I just became fixated on that word, myself.

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