Hypertext Webster Gateway: "somberness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Somberness \Som"ber*ness\, Sombreness \Som"bre*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
somberness
n 1: a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to
dispell the gloom" [syn: {gloom}, {sombreness}]
2: a feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: {gloom}, {gloominess}]
3: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: {graveness}, {gravity},
{sobriety}, {soberness}]
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