SOMBRE

somber, sombre, melancholy

(adjective) grave or even gloomy in character; “solemn and mournful music”; “a suit of somber black”; “a somber mood”

drab, sober, somber, sombre

(adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull; “drab faded curtains”; “sober Puritan grey”; “children in somber brown clothes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

sombre (comparative sombrer, superlative sombrest) (British spelling, Canadian spelling)

Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.

Dull or dark in colour or brightness.

Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.

Grave; extremely serious.

Synonyms

• melancholy

• dreary

• dire

• dismal

Noun

sombre (uncountable)

(obsolete) Gloom; obscurity; duskiness.

Verb

sombre (third-person singular simple present sombres, present participle sombring, simple past and past participle sombred)

To make sombre or dark; to make shady.

Anagrams

• bromes, ombres, somber

Source: Wiktionary

Som"ber, Som"bre, a. Etym: [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, Som"bre, v. t.

Definition: To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]

Som"ber, Som"bre, n.

Definition: Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition