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单词 somber
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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.
Thesaurus
Adj.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"

somber

adjective1. 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.
Translations
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somber


  • adj

Synonyms for somber

adj dark and depressing

Synonyms

  • black
  • bleak
  • blue
  • cheerless
  • dark
  • desolate
  • dismal
  • dreary
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • joyless
  • tenebrific

adj full of or marked by dignity and seriousness

Synonyms

  • earnest
  • grave
  • sedate
  • serious
  • sober
  • solemn
  • staid

Synonyms for somber

adj lacking brightness or color

Synonyms

  • sombre
  • drab
  • sober

Related Words

  • colorless
  • colourless

adj grave or even gloomy in character

Synonyms

  • melancholy
  • sombre

Related Words

  • cheerless
  • depressing
  • uncheerful
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