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sombrest

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som⋅ber

  [som-ber]
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–adjective
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

Related forms:
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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