somber

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (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)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• melancholy, unhappy, sad

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[edit] External links

• somber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• somber in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bemors
• sombre

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Adjective

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

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)