illustrious \ih-LUSS-tree-us\ adjective
: notably or brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions: eminent
: well-known, respected
seriocomic \seer-ee-oh-KAH-mik\ adjective
: having a mixture of the serious and the comic
lugubrious \loo-GOO-bree-us\ adjective
1: mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
2: dismal
Synonym disconsolate \dis-ˈkän(t)-sə-lət\ adjective
1: cheerless <a clutch of disconsolate houses — D. H. Lawrence>
2: dejected, downcast <the team returned disconsolate from three losses>
