Somber

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsÉ’mbÉ™r/
• Rhymes: -É’mbÉ™(r)

Alternative forms

• Commonwealth English sombre

Origin

From French sombre ("shady, gloomy"), from Spanish sombra ("shade, dark part of a picture, also a ghost"), probably from Latin *subumbrare, from sub ("under") + umbra ("shade").

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Full definition of somber

Adjective

1. Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
• 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People, My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.
2. Dark, lacking color or brightness.

Synonyms

• melancholy, unhappy, sad

Verb

1. Alternative form of sombre

Anagrams

• sombre