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Lugubrious vs Joyless - What's the difference?

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Lugubrious is a related term of joyless.


As adjectives the difference between lugubrious and joyless

is that lugubrious is gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree while joyless is without joy; unhappy, sad.

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.

    joyless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • without joy; unhappy, sad
    • Without Joy, my life is joyless!

    Synonyms

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