{ "lugubrious":{ "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ], "examples":[ "the diner's dim lighting makes eating there a particularly lugubrious experience" ], "near antonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "related":[ "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "lowery", "loury", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dire", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched" ] }, "expressing or suggesting mourning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in Victorian times, people who could affect particularly lugubrious expressions were hired to march in funeral processions as professional mourners" ], "near antonyms":[ "delighted", "exulting", "glorying", "happy", "joyful", "rejoicing", "triumphant", "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "laughing", "smiling", "blissful", "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "jocund", "jolly", "joyous", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "ecstatic", "elated", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical" ], "related":[ "dirgelike", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "melancholy", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "dispirited", "downcast", "downhearted", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "tearful", "brokenhearted", "careworn", "crestfallen", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "low-spirited", "miserable", "sad", "triste", "unhappy", "woebegone", "bawling", "crying", "groaning", "howling", "keening", "moaning", "yammering", "bleeding", "suffering", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "joyless", "low", "miserable", "moody", "morbid", "morose", "pathetic", "pessimistic", "piteous", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "wretched" ], "synonyms":[ "aching", "agonized", "anguished", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "bitter", "deploring", "doleful", "dolesome", "dolorous", "funeral", "grieving", "heartbroken", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "plangent", "regretful", "rueful", "sorrowful", "sorry", "wailing", "weeping", "woeful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lugubriously":{ "with feelings of bitterness or grief":{ "examples":[ "18th-century gravestones typically have inscriptions in which the brevity of life and the certainty of death are lugubriously noted" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "sorrowfully", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly" ], "near synonyms":[ "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "lugged":{ "to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{ "examples":[ "lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard" ], "synonyms":[ "dragged", "drew", "haled", "hauled", "pulled", "towed", "tugged" ], "near synonyms":[ "attracted", "heaved", "hove", "jerked", "yanked", "carried", "conveyed", "ferried", "moved", "transported" ], "near antonyms":[ "shoved", "thrust" ], "antonyms":[ "drove", "propelled", "pushed" ] }, "to support and take from one place to another":{ "examples":[ "I don't understand why he's always lugging all of his books around when his locker is right over there" ], "synonyms":[ "bore", "carried", "carted", "conveyed", "ferried", "hauled", "packed", "toted", "transported" ], "near synonyms":[ "delivered", "handed over", "transferred", "forwarded", "sent", "shipped", "transmitted", "brought", "fetched", "took", "moved", "removed", "shifted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "luggage":{ "the bags and suitcases that a person carries when traveling":{ "examples":[ "Passengers are limited to two items of carry-on luggage ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baggage", "bags", "carryall", "carry-on", "grip", "handbag", "holdall", "portmanteau", "suitcase", "traveling bag", "wallet", "overnight bag", "overnight case", "weekend bag", "weekender", "cosmetic case", "traveling case", "carpetbag", "duffel bag", "kit", "kit bag", "backpack", "haversack", "knapsack", "packsack", "rucksack", "attach\u00e9", "attach\u00e9 case", "briefcase", "valise" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lugging":{ "to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{ "examples":[ "lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard" ], "synonyms":[ "dragging", "drawing", "haling", "hauling", "pulling", "towing", "tugging" ], "near synonyms":[ "attracting", "heaving", "jerking", "yanking", "carrying", "conveying", "ferrying", "moving", "transporting" ], "near antonyms":[ "shoving", "thrusting" ], "antonyms":[ "driving", "propelling", "pushing" ] }, "to support and take from one place to another":{ "examples":[ "I don't understand why he's always lugging all of his books around when his locker is right over there" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing", "carrying", "carting", "conveying", "ferrying", "hauling", "packing", "toting", "transporting" ], "near synonyms":[ "delivering", "handing over", "transferring", "forwarding", "sending", "shipping", "transmitting", "bringing", "fetching", "taking", "moving", "removing", "shifting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lugger":{ "as in schooner , sloop":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brigantine", "bugeye", "ca\u00efque", "caravel", "catamaran", "catboat", "cat rig", "clipper", "corvette", "cutter", "frigate", "galleon", "galley", "junk", "keelboat", "ketch", "knockabout", "outrigger", "pinnace", "piragua", "sailer", "schooner", "shallop", "sharpie", "sharpy", "sloop", "square-rigger", "xebec", "yacht", "yawl", "bark", "dinghy", "sailboat", "windjammer", "bottom", "craft", "vessel" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }