[
US
/ˈsɑmbɝ/
]
ADJECTIVE
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grave or even gloomy in character
solemn and mournful music
a somber mood
a suit of somber black -
lacking brightness or color; dull
drab faded curtains
children in somber brown clothes
sober Puritan grey
How To Use somber In A Sentence
- In an effort to take some of the beguilement out of her young eyes, I make light of your dark and somber task.
- Other than a few mumbly scenes between Hanks and Hoffman where the dialog was difficult to understand, I thought it was a decent movie, with a few downright funny bits, and a somber epilog. The end is near : Bev Vincent
- The period detail has been painstakingly recreated and it is shot in a sombre palette of olive greens and sepia tones.
- Mr Cole remained sombre, straight-faced and silent as the returning officer pronounced Ms Greene, a local school governor, the victor with a 2,000-plus majority.
- From the Rushmorean cover portrait of Bush (which over the headline 'An American Revolutionary' was such a brazen and transparent effort to recall George Washington that it was embarrassing) to the 'Why We Fight' black-and-white portraiture of the aggrieved president sitting somberly at the bedside of the war-wounded, this issue is positively hysterical in its iconolatry. "What kind of a maniac puts eagles in a Christmas tree?": James Wolcott
- And there was a list of this delegation, of peasants in their white pajamas and their sombreros.
- It is a sombre painting with the only bright colour provided by the clergymen's vestments and by the headscarves of the women.
- Although bitterly funny at times, the picture also creates a somber mood that is very affecting.
- My demise was once plotted here, deep in this dark sombre forest. Times, Sunday Times
- The name of this friendly looking restaurant, is taken from the title of a sombre poem “Le bateau ivre”. Serment - French Word-A-Day