the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Somber character, appearance, or state; darkness; gloominess.
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n. a manner that is serious and solemn
n. a feeling of melancholy apprehension
n. a state of partial or total darkness
Word Usage
"The black hollow of its disused portal looked out from shadows which acquired some of their somberness from the tragic memories connected with its empty void."