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Lugubrious vs Afflictive - What's the difference?

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Lugubrious is a related term of afflictive.


As adjectives the difference between lugubrious and afflictive

is that lugubrious is gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree while afflictive is that causes physical or mental pain.

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.

    afflictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That causes physical or mental pain
    • (Alexander Pope)
    (Prior)