sombrenessn.
/ˈsɒmbənɪs/ The state of being sombre; gloominess; gloom; dullness.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > dullness
dinginess1758
dinge1846
sombreness1847
drabbiness1872
drabness1878
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
1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1866 Times 13 June Mourning so deep..that not even a speck of white relieved its sombreness.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 106 The general air of sombreness and privation.
1887 Scribner's Mag. 2 167/1 The sombreness of the bordering houses.
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n.1847