A. Garner, B. (2013). Introduction. In A. Garner, B. and Foster Wallace, D. Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace & Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing. Rosepen Books, pp. 1-22
(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal
It seemed inappropriately lugubrious