sombre

som·bre  (smbr)

adj. Chiefly British

Variant of somber.

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sombre US, somber [ˈsɒmbə]

adj

1. dismal; melancholy a sombre mood

2. dim, gloomy, or shadowy

3. (of colour, clothes, etc.) sober, dull, or dark

[from French, from Vulgar Latin subumbrāre (unattested) to shade, from Latin sub beneath + umbra shade]

sombrely  US, somberly adv

sombreness  US, somberness n

sombrous  [ˈsɒmbrəs] adj

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sombre - lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" somber, drab, sober colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	2.	sombre - grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" melancholy, somber cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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sombre

adjective

1. gloomy, sad, sober, grave, dismal, melancholy, mournful, lugubrious, joyless, funereal, doleful, sepulchral The pair were in sombre mood.
gloomy happy, bright, sunny, cheerful, upbeat (informal), lively, genial, chirpy (informal), effusive, full of beans

2. dark, dull, gloomy, sober, drab a worried official in sombre black
dark bright, colourful, dazzling, gaudy, garish

Translations

sombre somber (US) [ˈsɒmbəʳ] ADJ

1. (= sober) → sombrío
a sombre prospect → una perspectiva sombría
in sombre hues → en colores sombríos

2. (= pessimistic) → pesimista
he was sombre about our chances → se mostró pesimista acerca de nuestras posibilidades

3. (= melancholy) → melancólico

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sombre [ˈsɒmbə^r] (British) somber (US) adj

[person, mood, expression] → sombre

[colour, place] → morne

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sombre, (US) somber

adj

(= dark) → dunkel; (= gloomy) → düster

(= grave, serious) prospect → trüb, düster; message → trüb, traurig; news → traurig; face → düster; person → düster, finster; music → trist, trauervoll; in sombre mood → in trüber or düsterer Stimmung

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sombre somber (Am) [ˈsɒmbəʳ] adj (mood, person) → triste, tetro/a; (colour) → scuro/a
a sombre prospect → una triste prospettiva

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sombre somber (Am) [ˈsɒmbəʳ] adj (mood, person) → triste, tetro/a; (colour) → scuro/a
a sombre prospect → una triste prospettiva

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sombre

adj sombre [ˈsombə]

1 dark (and gloomy) Black is a sombre colour. somber داكِن тъмен tmavý mørk; dyster düster σκούρος, σκοτεινός sombrío sünge تيره synkkä sombre קוֹדֵר धुंधला, फीका, मलिन taman, mračan sötét gelap þungbúinn, myrkur scuro 暗い 칙칙한, 어두운 niûrus, tamsus tumšs; drūms suram somber mørk og dyster ciemny, smutny sombrio întu­necat тёмный tmavý mračen mračan mörk, dyster มืดสลัว; มืดครึ้ม kasvetli, donuk 暗淡的 темний, похмурий اندھیرا màu thẫm 暗淡的

2 grave; serious He was in a sombre mood. ernstig كالِح، جدّي، قاتِم мрачен ponurý alvorsfuld düster μελαγχολικός, σκυθρωπός pesimista, melancólico morn مهم؛ جدي synkkä sombre עָגוּם गंभीर, भारी, संगीन mrk, sumoran komor murung dapur, þungbúinn cupo 重苦しい 우울한 niûrus, prislëgtas drūms; nopietns muram somber dyster ponury, posępny sombrio sumbru мрачный ponurý mrk ozbiljan dyster เศร้าซึม karamsar; ciddî 憂鬱 понурий, похмурий سنجیدہ trang nghiêm, nghiêm nghị 忧郁