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Lugubrious vs Unfortunate - What's the difference?

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Lugubrious is a related term of unfortunate.


As adjectives the difference between lugubrious and unfortunate

is that lugubrious is gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree while unfortunate is not favored by fortune.

As a noun unfortunate is

an unlucky person.

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.

    unfortunate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not favored by fortune
  • marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune

    • Synonyms

    * (not favored by fortune) unsuccessful * (accompanied by or resulting in misfortune) unlucky

    Antonyms

    * (not favored by fortune) fortunate * (accompanied by or resulting in misfortune) fortunate, lucky

    See also

    * deplorable * regrettable * infelicitous * unsuitable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unlucky person.