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  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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