'Sombre' definitions:
Definition of 'sombre'
(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 'Sombre'
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 'Sombre'
From: GCIDE
- Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.] [1913 Webster] Somber
Definition of 'Sombre'
From: GCIDE
- Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Somberly
Synonyms of 'sombre'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- black,
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- dark,
- darkling,
- darksome,
- depressed,
- depressing,
- dim,
- dingy,
- dismal,
- doleful,
- dolorous,
- dreary,
- dull,
- dusky,
- foreboding,
- funereal,
- gloomy,
- grave,
- grey,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- joyless,
- leaden,
- lowering,
- lugubrious,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- morbid,
- morose,
- mournful,
- murky,
- overcast,
- sad,
- sedate,
- serious,
- shadowy,
- sober,
- solemn,
- staid,
- subfusc,
- unhappy