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somber |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Somber \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: somber adj 1: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn: {sombre}] 2: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: {drab}, {sober}, {sombre}]
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