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adjective

Sombre, Somber adj.

Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.

Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections. "The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short."

noun

Sombre, Somber n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. (Obs.)

verb

Sombre, Somber v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Somber'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Somber" Quotes from Famous Books

... with a yellow metal, the effect being indescribably rich. The floor was mosaic of many dark colors, but with no definite pattern, and the concave roof was deep red in color. Though beautiful, it was somewhat somber, as the light was not strong. At all events, that is how it struck me at first on coming in from the bright sunlight. Nor, it appeared, was I alone in experiencing such a feeling. As soon as we were inside, the old gentleman, removing ...

— A Crystal Age • W. H. Hudson

... "Do they?" The somber pain in Arkwright's eyes deepened. Alice Greggory did not know it, but he was thinking of another story he had once told in that same room. Billy was his listener then, while now—A little precipitately he ...

— Miss Billy Married • Eleanor H. Porter

... and thinner. There was a somber light in his eyes, and his lips were whitening. His step, once quick and sure, despite his infirmity, was now less certain. He had not slept since the night of Mercy's death. Determined never to encounter again the pains ...

— A Son of Hagar - A Romance of Our Time • Sir Hall Caine

... sadly: "Yes and no. I have lost none of my relatives, but I have arrived at an age when one should wear somber colors. I wear it to-day to inaugurate it; hitherto I have worn it ...

— Bel Ami • Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant

... of a well-warmed room. Hoar-frost is a beauty, ice a change of decoration by the greatest of artists, which the rich admire through their windows. He who is warm can admire the withered trees, and find a somber charm in the sight of the snow-covered plain. He who, after a day without suffering, when millions of his fellow-creatures are enduring dreadful privations, throws himself on his bed of down, between his fine and well-aired sheets, may find out that all is for the best ...

— The Queen's Necklace • Alexandre Dumas pere

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