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>
de minimis \dee-MIN-uh-mus\ adjective
: lacking significance or importance : so minor as to merit disregard
