'Somber' definitions:
Definition of 'somber'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: drab, sober, somber, sombre]
adjective
Grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn: somber, sombre, melancholy]
Definition of 'Somber'
From: GCIDE
- Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\(?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See Umbrage.]
- 1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections. [1913 Webster]
- The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] Somber
Definition of 'Somber'
From: GCIDE
- Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.] [1913 Webster] Somber
Definition of 'Somber'
From: GCIDE
- Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Somberly
Synonyms of 'somber'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Acheronian,
- Acherontic,
- acier,
- apocalyptic,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- bad,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- black,
- blackish,
- bleak,
- bodeful,
- boding,
- caliginous,
- canescent,
- Cimmerian,
- cinereous,
- cinerous,
- clouded,
- cloudy,
- creamy,
- dapple,
- dapple-gray,
- dappled,
- dappled-gray,
- dark,
- dark and gloomy,
- dark-colored,
- darkish,
- darksome,
- dead,
- deadened,
- decorous,
- delicate,
- demure,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- dim,
- dingy,
- dire,
- dismal,
- dispiriting,
- doomful,
- dove-colored,
- dove-gray,
- drab,
- drear,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dull,
- dusk,
- dusky,
- dusty,
- earnest,
- eggshell,
- evil,
- evil-starred,
- fateful,
- flat,
- foreboding,
- formal,
- frowning,
- funebrial,
- funereal,
- glaucescent,
- glaucous,
- gloomful,
- glooming,
- gloomy,
- gloss,
- grave,
- gray,
- gray-black,
- gray-brown,
- gray-colored,
- gray-drab,
- gray-green,
- gray-spotted,
- gray-toned,
- gray-white,
- grayed,
- grayish,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- griseous,
- grizzle,
- grizzled,
- grizzly,
- ill,
- ill-boding,
- ill-fated,
- ill-lighted,
- ill-lit,
- ill-omened,
- ill-starred,
- inauspicious,
- iridescent,
- iron-gray,
- lackluster,
- lead-gray,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- light,
- livid,
- long-faced,
- lowering,
- lusterless,
- mat,
- mellow,
- menacing,
- mother-of-pearl,
- mouse-colored,
- mouse-gray,
- mousy,
- murky,
- nacreous,
- nigrescent,
- no-nonsense,
- obscure,
- of evil portent,
- ominous,
- opalescent,
- overcast,
- pale,
- pastel,
- patinaed,
- pearl,
- pearl-gray,
- pearly,
- portending,
- portentous,
- Quaker-colored,
- quiet,
- sad,
- saturnine,
- sedate,
- semigloss,
- serious,
- silver,
- silver-gray,
- silvered,
- silvery,
- simple,
- sinister,
- slate-colored,
- slaty,
- smoke-gray,
- smoky,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- soft,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- softened,
- solemn,
- sombrous,
- staid,
- steel-gray,
- steely,
- stone-colored,
- stone-faced,
- stormy,
- straight-faced,
- Stygian,
- subdued,
- subtle,
- swart,
- swarthy,
- sweet,
- taupe,
- tender,
- tenebrous,
- thoughtful,
- threatening,
- triste,
- unfavorable,
- unfortunate,
- unlucky,
- unpromising,
- unpropitious,
- unsmiling,
- untoward,
- wan,
- weariful,
- wearisome,
- weary,
- weighty