somber

(sŏm'bər)
adj.

1. 1. Dark; gloomy.
   2. Dull or dark in color.
2. 1. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood.
   2. Serious; grave.

[French sombre, from Old French, from *sombrer, to cast a shadow, from Late Latin subumbrāre, from Latin sub umbrā, in shadow : sub, under; see sub- + umbrā, ablative of umbra, shadow.]

somberly som'ber·ly adv.
somberness som'ber·ness n.

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adjective

1. Dark and depressing: black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, tenebrific. See happy/unhappy, light/darkness.
2. Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness: earnest¹, grave², sedate, serious, sober, solemn, staid. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, heavy/light.

adj

Definition: sad, depressing
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, joyful

IN BRIEF: Dark and gloomy. Also: Sad or serious.

We expected the movie to be light and cheerful but it was very somber and long instead.

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For a list of words related to somber, see:

• Sad, Serious, Pessimistic, or Discontented

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See words rhyming with "somber."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dyster, mørk, skummel, trist

Nederlands (Dutch)
somber, gedeprimeerd, pessimistisch

Français (French)
adj. - sombre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - dunkel, düster

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ζοφερός, σκοτεινός, καταθλιπτικός, μελαγχολικός

Italiano (Italian)
tetro, buio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - escuro (m), sombrio (m), melancólico (m)

Русский (Russian)
темный, хмурый, мрачный, унылый, темный (цвет)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sombrío, saturnino, lóbrego, oscuro, tenebroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mörk, dyster

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
昏暗的, 阴沈的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 昏暗的, 陰沈的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 어둠침침한, 음침한, 칙칙한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - うす暗い, くすんだ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معتم, كئيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קודר, אפל, עצוב, מדוכדך‬

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