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Lugubrious vs Plaintive - What's the difference?

lugubrious | plaintive |

As adjectives the difference between lugubrious and plaintive

is that lugubrious is gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree while plaintive is sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

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.

    plaintive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

    • Related terms

    * plaint * plaintiff

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