somber

C1
US /ˈsɑmbɚ/ UK /ˈsɒmbə/
adj verb Freq #14232

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    US standard spelling of sombre.

    My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.

  2. 2
    adj

    grave or even gloomy in character

  3. 3
    adj

    lacking brightness or color

  4. 4
    verb

    US standard spelling of sombre.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · grave or even gloomy in... melancholysombre
3 adj · lacking brightness or color drab

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