som·ber
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| 1. | gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway. |
| 2. | dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color: a somber dress. |
| 3. | gloomy, depressing, or dismal: a somber mood. |
| 4. | extremely serious; grave: a somber expression on his face. |
Also, especially British, sombre.
[Origin: 1750–60; < F sombre, MF, prob. n. deriv. of *sombrer to make shady < VL *subumbrāre, equiv. to L sub- sub- + umbrāre to cast a shadow, deriv. of umbra shade
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som·ber·ly, adverb
som·ber·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. dusky, murky, sunless. 3. lugubrious, mournful, doleful, melancholy.
—Antonyms 1. bright. 3. cheerful.
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| som·bre
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adj. Chiefly British Variant of somber. |
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| 1. | lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: drab] |
| 2. | grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn: somber] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
sombre1 [ˈsombə] adjective
dark (and gloomy)
Example: Black is a sombre colour.
sombre2 [ˈsombə] adjectiveExample: Black is a sombre colour.
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grave; serious
Example: He was in a sombre mood.
Example: He was in a sombre mood.
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