Definition of SOMBER. Meaning of SOMBER. Synonyms of SOMBER

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Definition of SOMBER

Somber
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. 2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections. The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short. --Beaconsfield.
Somber
Somber Som"ber, Sombre Som"bre, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]
Somber
Somber Som"ber, Sombre Som"bre, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]

Meaning of SOMBER from wikipedia

- Echoes From a Sombre Empire (German: Echos aus einem düsteren Reich) is a do****entary film by Werner Herzog about Jean-Bédel Bok****a. Unlike most of Herzog's...
- Somber Eyes to the Sky is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Shadows Fall, released in 1997 on Matt Bachand's own label Lifeless Records...
- Shrout 4:52 7. "No Free Advice" Cook 3:26 8. "No Place to Go" Cook 5:04 9. "Somber" Cook, Matt McLaughlin 5:11 10. "Peace of Mind (Song for Sarah)" Cook, Shrout...
- The sombre nightjar or dusky nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is native to East Africa. BirdLife...
- Corpse. On November 30, 1997, the band released its first studio album, Somber Eyes to the Sky, through Bachand's recording label, Lifeless Records. In...
- expressionist artist Mark Rothko. The murals, characterized by their dark and somber palette, represented Rothko’s commitment to expressing the basic human emotions...
- sixth studio album of American singer-songwriter Janis Ian. The song is a somber guitar ballad about the pitfalls, fleetingness, and consequences of fame...
- remarkably ill defined: sometimes used as a catch-all to denominate texts of a somber or pessimistic tone, sometimes as a marker for textual monumentalizing,...
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- Islands monarch, the Admiralty monarch, the Admiralty pied monarch, the somber monarch and the unhappy monarch, is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae...