somber
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- (Commonwealth English) sombre
Etymology [edit]
From French sombre (“shady, gloomy”), from Spanish sombra (“shade, dark part of a picture, also a ghost”), probably from Latin *subumbrare, from sub (“under”) + umbra (“shade”).[1][2]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)
- Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
- 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People:
- My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.
- 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People:
- Dark, lacking color or brightness.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
dark or dreary in character; joyless; grim
dark, lacking color or brightness
References [edit]
- ^ “somber” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- ^ “somber” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- somber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- somber in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Adjective [edit]
somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)
Declension [edit]
Declension of somber
