Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

Synonyms: cheerless, colorless, colourless, drab, sober, sombre, uncheerful

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