somber

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[edit] English

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  • (Commonwealth English) sombre

[edit] Etymology

From French sombre (shady, gloomy) < Spanish sombra (shade, dark part of a picture, also a ghost), probably < Latin *exumbrare < ex (out) + umbra (shade), or according to some, the Spanish and Portuguese forms are < Latin *subumbrare < sub (under) + umbra (shade).

[edit] Adjective

somber (comparative more somber, superlative most somber)

Positive
somber

Comparative
more somber

Superlative
most somber

  1. Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
  2. Dark, lacking color or brightness.

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[edit] Adjective

somber, sombere (comparative somberder, somberdere; superlative somberst, somberste)

  1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)