Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Dark; gloomy.
- adjective Dull or dark in color.
- adjective Melancholy; dismal.
- adjective Serious; grave.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dark; dull; dusky; gloomy: as, a somber hue; somber clouds.
- Dismal; melancholy; dull: opposed to cheerful.
- Synonyms Darksome, cloudy, murky.
- To make somber, dark, or gloomy; shade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy
- adjective Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing
- transitive verb rare To make somber, or dark; to make shady.
- noun obsolete Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Dark ordreary in character;joyless , andgrim . - adjective Dark,
lacking color orbrightness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking brightness or color; dull
- adjective grave or even gloomy in character
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Keeping his expression somber, he waited for the polite applause to die down.
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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Keeping his expression somber, he waited for the polite applause to die down.
Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010
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His voice was warm, but his expression somber, and Riker feared Deanna was probably right about more bad news.
The Battle of Betazed Charlotte Douglas 2002
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His voice was warm, but his expression somber, and Riker feared Deanna was probably right about more bad news.
The Battle of Betazed Charlotte Douglas 2002
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That was much the same thing Torre told players in what he described as a somber clubhouse once the Dodgers had filed in by mid-afternoon.
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That was much the same thing Torre told players in what he described as a somber clubhouse once the Dodgers had filed in by mid-afternoon.
Newsvine - Get Smarter Here AP Sports Columnist Tim Dahlberg 2009
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That was much the same thing Torre told players in what he described as a somber clubhouse once the Dodgers had filed in by mid-afternoon.
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That was much the same thing Torre told players in what he described as a somber clubhouse once the Dodgers had filed in by mid-afternoon.
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That was much the same thing Torre told players in what he described as a somber clubhouse once the Dodgers had filed in by mid-afternoon.
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That was much the same thing Torre told players in what he described as a somber clubhouse once the Dodgers had filed in by mid-afternoon.
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