sombreadjective
UK US somber uk/ˈsɒm.bər/us/ˈsɑːm.bɚ/serious, sad, and without humour or entertainment:
a sombre atmosphere/voice/face
The funeral was a sombre occasion.
I left them in a sombre mood.
dark and plain:
He wore a sombre black suit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lacking humour
- be no laughing matter idiom
- beyond
- beyond a joke idiom
- earnest
- humourless
- laugh
- lightly
- mirthless
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- rofl
- serious
- seriously
- sober
- solemnity
- starchily
- starchy
- take a joke idiom
- turgid
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sombrely
adverb UK US somberly uk/ˈsɒm.bə.li//ˈsɑːm.bɚ.li/
sombreness
noun [ U ] UK US somberness uk/ˈsɒm.bə.nəs/us/ˈsɑːm.bɚ.nəs/