Thesaurus: somber
Alt. of Sombre
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Definitions
- a. Alt. of Sombre
- v. t. Alt. of Sombre
- n. Alt. of Sombre
- adj. lacking brightness or color; dull
- adj. grave or even gloomy in character
- 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. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.] Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]
- j:100 s. grave or even gloomy in character