som·ber (s m b r)adj. 1. a. Dark; gloomy. b. Dull or dark in color. 2. a. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood. b. Serious; grave. [French sombre, from Old French, from *sombrer, to cast a shadow, from Late Latin subumbr  re, from Latin sub umbr, in shadow : sub, under; see sub- + umbr, ablative of umbra, shadow.]som ber·ly adv.som ber·ness n. |
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| Adj. | 1. | somber - lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful |
| 2. | somber - grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" 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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