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somber
som·ber S0555900 (sŏm′bər)adj.1. a. Dark; gloomy: a somber room.b. Dull or dark in color: somber hues.2. a. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood.b. Serious; grave: a somber spokesperson. [French sombre, from Old French, from *sombrer, to cast a shadow, from Late Latin subumbrāre, from Latin sub umbrā, in shadow : sub, under; see sub- + umbrā, ablative of umbra, shadow.] som′ber·ly adv.som′ber·ness n.som•ber (ˈsɒm bər) adj. 1. gloomily dark; shadowy: a somber passageway. 2. dark and dull in color or tone: a somber dress. 3. downcast; glum: a somber mood. 4. extremely serious; grave: a somber expression on one's face. Also, esp. Brit.,som′bre.[1750–60; < French sombre]som′ber•ly, adv. som′ber•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | somber - lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"sombre, drab, sobercolorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful | | 2. | somber - grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"melancholy, sombrecheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" |
somberadjective1. Dark and depressing:black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, tenebrific.2. Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness:earnest, grave, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, staid.Translationssomber
Synonyms for somberadj dark and depressingSynonyms- black
- bleak
- blue
- cheerless
- dark
- desolate
- dismal
- dreary
- gloomy
- glum
- joyless
- tenebrific
adj full of or marked by dignity and seriousnessSynonyms- earnest
- grave
- sedate
- serious
- sober
- solemn
- staid
Synonyms for somberadj lacking brightness or colorSynonymsRelated Wordsadj grave or even gloomy in characterSynonymsRelated Words- cheerless
- depressing
- uncheerful
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