lugubriousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lugubriousness
    n 1: the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
         [syn: {gloominess}, {lugubriousness}, {sadness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lugubrious \Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to
   mourn; cf. Gr. lygro`s sad, Skr. ruj to break.]
   Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly;
   doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious
   look.
   [1913 Webster]

         Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious
         emblems of mortality.                    --Hawthorne.
   -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lugubriousness \lu*gu"bri*ous*ness\ n.
   1. excessive sadness and mournfulness.

   Syn: gloominess.
        [WordNet 1.5]