Hypertext Webster Gateway: "somber"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\(?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf.
Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the
shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See {Umbrage}.]
1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a
somber house.

2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person;
somber reflections.

The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was
also short. --Beaconsfield.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, v. t.
To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, n.
Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

somber
adj 1: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful
music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
[syn: {sombre}]
2: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains";
"sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
[syn: {drab}, {sober}, {sombre}]


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