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adjective

Sombre, Somber adj.

Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.

Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections. "The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short."

noun

Sombre, Somber n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. (Obs.)

verb

Sombre, Somber v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. (R.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Somber" Quotes from Famous Books

... scene was tolerably plain to both of them. The little cleared space formed a natural amphitheater walled in by somber ranks of pines; and, standing higher, they could see over the heads of the clustering men. There was no difficulty in identifying the victim, the persecutor and the champion, for Weston stood stripped to blue shirt and trousers, with the big ax ...

— The Gold Trail • Harold Bindloss

... fed we inspected the place. The glade or clearing was enclosed all around by the tall trees of a thick primitive forest. Towards the up slope and the cliffs below the crest of the mountain the trees were all pines, firs or such-like dark and somber evergreens. There were a few of these also on the lower slopes, but there, as along all that rim of the clearing, the forest was mostly of oak, beech, chestnut and other cheerful trees. Their tops towered far above ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... revolving year has a brighter and a darker half, a joyous and a somber half, Autumnal splendors cannot cheer the melancholy that we feel when summer goes from us, but when summer comes again the heart leaps up in glee to meet it. Wait but a moment ...

— Back Home • Eugene Wood

... prosperity. It must not be imagined by those who are here let into Norman's inmost secrets that his appearance betrayed the depth to which he had fallen. At least to the casual eye he seemed the same rich and powerful personage. An expert might have got at a good part of the truth from his somber eyes and haggard face, from the subtle transformation of the former look of serene pride into the bravado of pretense. And as, in a general way, the facts of his fall were known far and wide, all his acquaintances understood ...

— The Grain Of Dust - A Novel • David Graham Phillips

... The somber black of Carmichael's evening dress stood out conspicuously among the blue and green and red uniforms. Etiquette compelled him to wear silk stockings, but that was the single concession on his part. He wore no orders. An order of the ...

— The Goose Girl • Harold MacGrath

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