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Noun: lugubriousness  lû'goo-bree-us-nus
  1. The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
    "The poet's lugubriousness was reflected in his dark and melancholic verses";
    - gloominess, sadness, tristesse [literary]

Type of: uncheerfulness