Definition of sombre Sombre
/sˈɒmbɐ/ - som•bre
We found 13 definitions of sombre from 5 different sources.
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sombre - /sˈɒmbɐ/
American English
somber - /sɑˈmbɚ/
What does sombre mean?
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| sombre - grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" | ||
| somber, melancholy | ||
| cheerless, depressing, uncheerful causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" | ||
| sombre - lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" | ||
| drab, sober, somber | ||
| colorless, colourless weak in color; not colorful | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sombre (a.)
Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house. - sombre (a.)
Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections. - sombre (v. t.)
To make somber, or dark; to make shady. - sombre (n.)
Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sombre
som′bėr, adj. dull: gloomy: melancholy—also Som′brous.—adv. Som′brely, in a sombre or gloomy manner.—n. Som′breness.—adv. Som′brously.—n. Som′brousness. [Fr. sombre (Sp. sombra, a shade)—L. sub, under, umbra, a shade. So Diez; others explain, on analogy of O. Fr. essombre, a shady place, as from L. ex, out, umbra, a shade.]
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