About The Word Somber
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Somber
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What's The Definition Of Somber?
[adj] grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
[adj] lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes" Synonyms | Synonyms for Somber: cheerless | colorless | colourless | drab | sober | sombre | uncheerful Related Terms | Find terms related to Somber: See Also | Somber In Webster's Dictionary \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\(?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf.
Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the
shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See {Umbrage}.]
1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a
somber house.
2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person;
somber reflections.
The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was
also short. --Beaconsfield.
\Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.] \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.] |
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