Sombre

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Chiefly British Variant of somber.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Dark; gloomy.
  • adj. Dull or dark in colour.
  • adj. Melancholy; dismal.
  • adj. Grave.
  • n. gloom; obscurity; duskiness
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. etc. See somber, etc.
  • 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
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    melancholy    dreary    dire    dismal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gloomy    somber    dim    mournful    dusky    majestic    bleak    awful    lonely    sullen