sombresomberadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɒmbə/, U.S.

/ˈsɑmbər/

Etymology: < French sombre, of uncertain origin: compare Spanish sombrio , Portuguese sombrio , < sombra shade. See also sombrous adj.

A. adj.

1. Of inanimate natural objects and their attributes: Characterized by the presence of gloom or shadow; depressingly dark, dusky, or obscure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective]

duneOE

thestera900

thestria900

wana1000

darkfulOE

fadec1290

obscurousa1492

black-faced1562

murkyc1590

gloomy1594

tenebrous1599

solemn1604

overcast1616

mungy1632

shady1746

sombrous1754

sombre1760

gloomyish1821

gloomfula1849

ebonine1881

1760 H. Walpole Lett. (1845) IV. 85 Painted ceilings, inlaid floors, and unpainted wainscots make every room sombre.

1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal cxxxii This city..had a sombre and poor appearance.

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 12 Sept. in Trav. France (1792) i. 184 This coast..dark, gloomy, and silent;—a savage sombre air spread over the whole.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 295 The first shoot..of the yet unbroken stream, and the deep and sombre abyss into which it was emptied.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xv. §674 The sombre skies and changeable weather of our latitudes.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vi. 147 The dining-room was sombre and substantial.

a. Of persons, their appearance, etc.: Gloomy, lowering, dark and sullen or dejected.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

damp1667

moping1674

desponding1688

tristitious1694

unenjoying1697

unraised1697

unheartya1699

unked1698

despondent1699

dismal1705

unjoyful1709

unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

unrejoicing1726

downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]

moodyc1300

distemprec1374

melancholiana1393

solein1399

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

girning1447

melancholyc1450

tetrical1528

tetric1533

distemperate1548

morose1565

sullen1570

stunt1581

humorous1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

clum1599

dortya1605

humoursome1607

distempereda1616

musty1620

grum1640

agelastic1666

fusty1668

purdy1668

ill-humoured1693

gurly1721

mumpish1721

sunking1724

tetricous1727

sumphish1728

stunkard1737

sulky1744

muggard1746

farouche1765

sombrea1767

glumpy1780

glumpish1800

tiffy1810

splenitive1815

stuffy1825

liverish1828

troglodytish1866

glummy1884

humpy1889

scowly1951

a1767 J. Grainger Ode Solitude 52 Late in Hagley you were seen, With blood-shed eyes, and sombre mien.

1823 Ld. Byron Island iii. vi. 53 Till lifting up again his sombre eye, It glanced on Torquil.

1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves vi. 75 The man..was a sombre ill-looking fellow.

b. Of thoughts, feelings, etc.: Melancholy, dismal, darksome.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the heart or spirits

leadya1536

sunk1601

sunken1642

sombrous1751

sombre1821

1821 J. Baillie Ghost Fadon in Metrical Legends xxii All Remain'd in sombre mood.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 390 The entire shore is lined with dilapidated edifices, which would, under other circumstances, have awakened sombre reflections.

1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) xii. 297 No doubt it cast a gleam of sombre hope upon his confinement.

3. Conveying gloomy ideas or suggestions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

sada1375

colda1400

deadlya1400

joylessc1400

unjoyful?c1400

disconsolatea1413

mournfula1425

funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

dolent1489

dolesome1533

heavy-hearted1555

glum1558

ungladsome1558

black1562

pleasureless1567

dern1570

plaintive?1570

glummish1573

cheerless1575

comfortless1576

wintry1579

glummy1580

funebral1581

discouraging1584

dernful?1591

murk1596

recomfortless1596

sullen1597

amating1600

lugubrious1601

dusky1602

sable1603

funebrial1604

damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

uncouth1611

dulsome1613

luctual1613

dismal1617

winterous1617

unked1620

mopish1621

godforsaken?1623

uncheerly1627

funebrious1630

lugubrous1632

drearisome1633

unheartsome1637

feral1641

drear1645

darksome1649

sadding1649

saddening1650

disheartening1654

funebrous1654

luctiferous1656

mestifical1656

tristifical1656

sooty1657

dreary1667

tenebrose1677

clouded1682

tragicala1700

funereal1707

gloomy1710

sepulchrala1711

dumpishc1717

bleaka1719

depressive1727

lugubre1727

muzzy1728

dispiriting1733

uncheery1760

unconsolatory1760

unjolly1764

Decemberly1765

sombre1768

uncouthie1768

depressing1772

unmirthful1782

sombrous1789

disanimating1791

Decemberish1793

grey1794

uncheering1796

ungenial1796

uncomforting1798

disencouraginga1806

stern1812

chilling1815

uncheered1817

dejecting1818

mopey1821

desponding1828

wisht1829

leadening1835

unsportful1837

demoralizing1840

Novemberish1840

frigid1844

morne1844

tragic1848

wet-blanketty1848

morgue1850

ungladdeneda1851

adusk1856

smileless1858

soul-sick1858

Novemberya1864

saturnine1863

down1873

lacklustre1883

Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 23 Beshrew the sombre pencil! said I vauntingly.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) x. 334 Sombre as the poem at first appears, it works its way on to happy hopes.

1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vi. 274 Such sketches are a pleasant relief to his more sombre portraiture.

a. Of colours or colouring: Of a dark shade or tinge; dark, dull.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > dull

fadec1290

wannish?a1412

obscure1490

sada1539

dull1552

smoky1576

sober1603

dead1640

dirty1665

invivid1669

dusty1676

saddisha1678

austere1680

worn-out1731

sombrous1792

sombre1805

toneless1833

lacklustre1843

1805 Wilkes Mem. II. 175 The olive-tree..is a sombre brown, when one expects a green.

1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 186 Those [insects] that derive their nourishment from decomposed vegetables are usually of a sombre hue.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxii. 577 Ecclesiastics and persons of gravity affected sombre colours.

b. Of things in respect of colour. (Cf. A. 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dark-coloured

darkeOE

blackeOE

browna1000

swartOE

wanOE

murka1325

darkish?c1425

duska1450

dusketly1486

sad?1504

duskish1530

base1539

dusky1558

swarthy1577

darksome1598

smutty1648

subfusc?1705

infuscated1727

murky1759

subfuscous1762

sable1791

sombrous1799

obfuscous1822

sombre1829

wine-dark1855

murkish1869

1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 315 Sombre Plover, Charadrius Fuscus.

1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 333 The chloride of silver..becomes of a deep slate colour in the violet, and in the sombre space beyond it.

1851 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ii. 161 He had originally a fine sombre complexion.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 152 A sombre garb was worn by the nuns, and coarse cowls by the friars.

B. n.

Sombre character; sombreness. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality

drear1563

dreariment1579

drearihead1591

cloudinessa1600

dismalness1620

dolesomeness1625

cheerlessnessa1631

joylessnessa1631

drearihood1647

clouding1654

dismality1723

dreariness1727

mirthlessness1727

sombre1795

undelighta1822

sombreness1847

sombrousness1847

unhomelikeness1858

drearness1861

comfortlessness1865

unhomeliness1879

1795 H. M. Williams Lett. France I. 164 Fonfrede and Ducos relieved the sombre of the piece by the habitual liveliness of their characters.

1811 Henry & Isabella I. 285 A deep sombre spread itself over every thing.

Compounds

sombre-clad, sombre-coloured, sombre-minded, sombre-looking adjs.

ΚΠ

1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 85 Dissatisfied, querulous, sombre-minded persons.

1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 310 A wild and sombre-looking mass of rocks and precipices.

1889 S. J. Hickson Naturalist in N. Celebes 214 The pious and sombre-clad Christian natives.

1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. 191 The vast sombre-coloured crowd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sombre
释义	sombresomberadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɒmbə/, U.S. /ˈsɑmbər/ Etymology: < French sombre, of uncertain origin: compare Spanish sombrio , Portuguese sombrio , < sombra shade. See also sombrous adj. A. adj. 1. Of inanimate natural objects and their attributes: Characterized by the presence of gloom or shadow; depressingly dark, dusky, or obscure. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] duneOE thestera900 thestria900 wana1000 darkfulOE fadec1290 obscurousa1492 black-faced1562 murkyc1590 gloomy1594 tenebrous1599 solemn1604 overcast1616 mungy1632 shady1746 sombrous1754 sombre1760 gloomyish1821 gloomfula1849 ebonine1881 1760 H. Walpole Lett. (1845) IV. 85 Painted ceilings, inlaid floors, and unpainted wainscots make every room sombre. 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal cxxxii This city..had a sombre and poor appearance. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 12 Sept. in Trav. France (1792) i. 184 This coast..dark, gloomy, and silent;—a savage sombre air spread over the whole. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 295 The first shoot..of the yet unbroken stream, and the deep and sombre abyss into which it was emptied. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xv. §674 The sombre skies and changeable weather of our latitudes. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. vi. 147 The dining-room was sombre and substantial. 2. a. Of persons, their appearance, etc.: Gloomy, lowering, dark and sullen or dejected. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] moodyc1300 distemprec1374 melancholiana1393 solein1399 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 girning1447 melancholyc1450 tetrical1528 tetric1533 distemperate1548 morose1565 sullen1570 stunt1581 humorous1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 clum1599 dortya1605 humoursome1607 distempereda1616 musty1620 grum1640 agelastic1666 fusty1668 purdy1668 ill-humoured1693 gurly1721 mumpish1721 sunking1724 tetricous1727 sumphish1728 stunkard1737 sulky1744 muggard1746 farouche1765 sombrea1767 glumpy1780 glumpish1800 tiffy1810 splenitive1815 stuffy1825 liverish1828 troglodytish1866 glummy1884 humpy1889 scowly1951 a1767 J. Grainger Ode Solitude 52 Late in Hagley you were seen, With blood-shed eyes, and sombre mien. 1823 Ld. Byron Island iii. vi. 53 Till lifting up again his sombre eye, It glanced on Torquil. 1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves vi. 75 The man..was a sombre ill-looking fellow. b. Of thoughts, feelings, etc.: Melancholy, dismal, darksome. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the heart or spirits leadya1536 sunk1601 sunken1642 sombrous1751 sombre1821 1821 J. Baillie Ghost Fadon in Metrical Legends xxii All Remain'd in sombre mood. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 390 The entire shore is lined with dilapidated edifices, which would, under other circumstances, have awakened sombre reflections. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) xii. 297 No doubt it cast a gleam of sombre hope upon his confinement. 3. Conveying gloomy ideas or suggestions. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 23 Beshrew the sombre pencil! said I vauntingly. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) x. 334 Sombre as the poem at first appears, it works its way on to happy hopes. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vi. 274 Such sketches are a pleasant relief to his more sombre portraiture. 4. a. Of colours or colouring: Of a dark shade or tinge; dark, dull. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > dull fadec1290 wannish?a1412 obscure1490 sada1539 dull1552 smoky1576 sober1603 dead1640 dirty1665 invivid1669 dusty1676 saddisha1678 austere1680 worn-out1731 sombrous1792 sombre1805 toneless1833 lacklustre1843 1805 Wilkes Mem. II. 175 The olive-tree..is a sombre brown, when one expects a green. 1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 186 Those [insects] that derive their nourishment from decomposed vegetables are usually of a sombre hue. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxii. 577 Ecclesiastics and persons of gravity affected sombre colours. b. Of things in respect of colour. (Cf. A. 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dark-coloured darkeOE blackeOE browna1000 swartOE wanOE murka1325 darkish?c1425 duska1450 dusketly1486 sad?1504 duskish1530 base1539 dusky1558 swarthy1577 darksome1598 smutty1648 subfusc?1705 infuscated1727 murky1759 subfuscous1762 sable1791 sombrous1799 obfuscous1822 sombre1829 wine-dark1855 murkish1869 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VIII. 315 Sombre Plover, Charadrius Fuscus. 1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 333 The chloride of silver..becomes of a deep slate colour in the violet, and in the sombre space beyond it. 1851 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ii. 161 He had originally a fine sombre complexion. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 152 A sombre garb was worn by the nuns, and coarse cowls by the friars. B. n. Sombre character; sombreness. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality drear1563 dreariment1579 drearihead1591 cloudinessa1600 dismalness1620 dolesomeness1625 cheerlessnessa1631 joylessnessa1631 drearihood1647 clouding1654 dismality1723 dreariness1727 mirthlessness1727 sombre1795 undelighta1822 sombreness1847 sombrousness1847 unhomelikeness1858 drearness1861 comfortlessness1865 unhomeliness1879 1795 H. M. Williams Lett. France I. 164 Fonfrede and Ducos relieved the sombre of the piece by the habitual liveliness of their characters. 1811 Henry & Isabella I. 285 A deep sombre spread itself over every thing. Compounds sombre-clad, sombre-coloured, sombre-minded, sombre-looking adjs. ΚΠ 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 85 Dissatisfied, querulous, sombre-minded persons. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 310 A wild and sombre-looking mass of rocks and precipices. 1889 S. J. Hickson Naturalist in N. Celebes 214 The pious and sombre-clad Christian natives. 1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. 191 The vast sombre-coloured crowd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). sombrev. Brit. /ˈsɒmbə/, U.S. /ˈsɑmbər/ Etymology: < sombre adj. 1. transitive. To make sombre. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] > overspread with gloom overcastc1300 alangec1330 darkena1382 overcloudc1550 overshadow?1602 clouda1616 benighta1631 un-sunshine1659 gloom1745 sombre1787 1787 A. Hilditch Rosa de Montmorien II. 52 Life, like..the iris bow, is beheld glowing in vivid charms, or sombred by gloom. 1807 Sir R. Wilson in Life Gen. R. Wilson (1862) II. vii. 208 Our entertainment was somewhat sombred by the intelligence. 1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 44 The midnight moon Looks sombred o'er the forests. 1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 315 One..whose imagination, already sombred by the triumphant cruelty and superstition which raged around him, was suddenly struck with horror. 2. intransitive. To become or grow sombre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > be dark or gloomy [verb (intransitive)] > become dark or gloomy sombre1848 overcloud1862 shadow1888 1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 422 The picture sombred. 1893 Temple Bar Sept. 43 Day again had sombred into night. Derivatives ˈsombred adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > made dark or gloomy sullied1571 obumbrated1592 sombred1873 1873 D. Masson Drummond of Hawthornden xx. 453 The russet and the yellow coming in patches amid the doubly sombred green. ˈsombring adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > making dark or gloomy sombring1849 1849 J. G. Whittier Lakeside 28 This lake..Walled round with sombering pines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1760v.1787
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