Have you ever heard of a word so gloomy that it practically sighs when spoken aloud? The word “lugubrious” fits that category, with this sorrow-filled term that sounds like it is wearing all black and ...

Lugubrious is an adjective that expresses something deeply sad, gloomy, or mournful, often with a dramatic flair. Derived ...

And Kakutani knows from ascendant lugubriousness. Six days earlier, the Pulitzer-winning critic labeled John Irving’s latest work, Until I Find You, “bloated and lugubrious.” Media Mob reader Peter ...