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Lonesome vs Lugubrious - What's the difference?

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Lonesome is a related term of lugubrious.


As adjectives the difference between lonesome and lugubrious

is that lonesome is unhappy due to being alone; lonely while lugubrious is gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.

As a noun lonesome

is (informal) oneself alone.

lonesome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unhappy due to being alone; lonely

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) oneself alone
  • * I sat and watched the cars pass all by my lonesome .

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    lugubrious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
    • The poor lighting and sparse maintenance, plus the rarefied traffic on its wide boulevards, made the effect of Pyongyang on the tourist distinctly lugubrious .
    His client's lugubrious expression tipped off the detective that something lurked beneath her optimistic words.