Somber

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Dark; gloomy.
  • adj. Dull or dark in color.
  • adj. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood.
  • adj. Serious; grave.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
  • adj. Dark, lacking color or brightness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy
  • adj. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing
  • v. To make somber, or dark; to make shady.
  • n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Dark; dull; dusky; gloomy: as, a somber hue; somber clouds.
  • Dismal; melancholy; dull: opposed to cheerful.
  • Synonyms Darksome, cloudy, murky.
  • To make somber, dark, or gloomy; shade.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking brightness or color; dull
  • adj. grave or even gloomy in character
  • Equivalent
    colorless    colourless    depressing    cheerless    uncheerful    sombre   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dull    dusky    gloomy    melancholy    sad    grave    depressing    gloom    obscurity    duskiness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sombre    gloomy    mournful    sober    ominous    sullen    shadowy    dour    pensive    majestic