📖 Definitions of "Somber"
verb
- 1
To make sombre or dark; to make shady.
adjective
- 1
Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
- 2
Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
- 3
Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
- 4
Grave; extremely serious.
"a sombre situation"
🔄 Synonyms of "Somber"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sombreverb | Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit. |
| drabnoun | (by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable. |
| colorless | US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.] |
| colourless | Having little or no colour. |
| cheerless | Devoid of cheer; gloomy. |
| uncheerful | Not cheerful. |
| soberverb | Not drunk; not intoxicated. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Somber"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sombre | Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit. |
| cheerless | Devoid of cheer; gloomy. |
| drab | (by extension) Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting. |
| colourless | Having little or no colour. |
| uncheerful | Not cheerful. |
| sober | Not drunk; not intoxicated. |
| colorless | US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.] |
| grim | Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. |
| gloomy | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| dismal | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. |
| sobering | Causing more sober thought or concern. |
| bleak | Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate. |
| shadowy | In shadow; darkened by shadows. |
| dusky | Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening). |
| starknoun | Plain in appearance; barren, desolate. |
| dark | Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. |
| melancholynoun | Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. |
| solemn | (by extension) Deeply serious and sombre; grave. |
| gravenoun | (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. |
| dournoun | Stern, harsh and forbidding. |
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