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somberness
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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | somberness - a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"gloom, sombrenesssemidarkness - partial darkness | | 2. | somberness - a feeling of melancholy apprehensiongloom, gloominess, sombrenessapprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"melancholy - a feeling of thoughtful sadness | | 3. | somberness - a manner that is serious and solemngraveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, sombrenessserious-mindedness, earnestness, seriousness, sincerity - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Ricestodginess, stuffiness - dull and pompous gravity |
somberness
Synonyms for sombernessnoun a state of partial or total darknessSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a feeling of melancholy apprehensionSynonyms- gloom
- gloominess
- sombreness
Related Words- apprehension
- apprehensiveness
- dread
- melancholy
noun a manner that is serious and solemnSynonyms- graveness
- gravity
- soberness
- sobriety
- sombreness
Related Words- serious-mindedness
- earnestness
- seriousness
- sincerity
- stodginess
- stuffiness
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