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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
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