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somber
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somberadjective
Synonyms:
unhappy, sad, melancholysomberadjective
Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
Synonyms:
unhappy, sad, melancholysomberadjective
Dark, lacking color or brightness.
Synonyms:
unhappy, melancholy, sad
English Synonyms and Antonyms
somber
Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the night is dark, tho the stars shine. That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off. Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black. Dim refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc., or from some defect of vision. Opaque objects, as smoked glass, are impervious to light. Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky. Figuratively, dark is emblematic of sadness, agreeing with somber, dismal, gloomy, also of moral evil; as, a dark deed. Of intellectual matters, dark is now rarely used in the old sense of a dark saying, etc. See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE.
Compare synonyms for LIGHT.
Synonyms:
black, dark, dim, dismal, dusky, gloomy, murky, mysterious, obscure, opaque, sable, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthyAntonyms:
bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white
Princeton's WordNet
drab, sober, somber, sombreadjective
lacking brightness or color; dull
"drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
Synonyms:
sober, serious, melancholy, dingy, drear, grim, gloomy, dismal, blue, dark, grave, drab, olive-drab, sedate, disconsolate, dreary, unplayful, solemn, sorry, sombresomber, sombre, melancholyadjective
grave or even gloomy in character
"solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
Synonyms:
sombre, drab, melancholy, melancholic, sober
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#2263 | sorry | |
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#8065 | grave | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#14572 | unhappy | |
#14856 | grim | |
#17229 | shady | |
#17805 | opaque | |
#19532 | sober | |
#20758 | sable | |
#24854 | solemn | |
#25029 | bleak | |
#25291 | melancholy | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#38136 | murky | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#43052 | drab | |
#45530 | dusky | |
#47762 | somber | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#59538 | sombre | |
#70377 | melancholic | |
#73655 | sedate | |
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#109912 | swarthy | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear |
How to use somber in a sentence?
As president of the United States you have to look at these issues in a more somber and sober way.
The mood was somber, depressed and resigned, people are going through the motions of their daily lives.
We are too somber to celebrate the holiday.
If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose somber shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible differences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace.
The anniversary is a somber day. We open up the original premises for the media, any onlookers, and people to pay tributes, but we don't mark it as such.
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