Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Somber character, appearance, or state; darkness; gloominess.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
somber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a manner that is serious and solemn
- noun a feeling of melancholy apprehension
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
Etymologies
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Examples
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The black hollow of its disused portal looked out from shadows which acquired some of their somberness from the tragic memories connected with its empty void.
The Filigree Ball 1903
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Life might easily come to be sober to somberness, which is a thing unwholesome and undesirable.
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"This Life is a Mist," the first track, starts the album off in a very mellow and transcending mood while evoking emotions of somberness, which is distinctly used to create an uprising of emotion throughout the rest of the album.
The Purdue Exponent 2010
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He likened the mood of the waterfront park to visiting Pearl Harbor, where he was struck by the location's somberness.
In N.J., a More Modest Memorial Laura Raskin 2011
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There was a mix of somberness of and celebration near Ground Zero, where a new tower is rapidly becoming part of the city's skyline.
U.S. Forces Kill Osama bin Laden Laura Meckler 2011
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Suddenly the dreamseller put aside his somberness, changed to a more pleasant tone and climbed on top of an armchair beside him and called out:
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Suddenly the dreamseller put aside his somberness, changed to a more pleasant tone and climbed on top of an armchair beside him and called out:
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Like the set's jet-black New York City skyline, looming behind candy-colored, graffiti-textured rooms and streets, a strain of somberness runs through "Locomotion," the moving and extraordinarily well-acted children's production at the Kennedy Center Family Theater.
Theater review of 'Locomotion' at the Kennedy Center Family Theater Celia Wren 2010
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As 2011 comes to an end, I feel a somberness lying heavy on the world.
Nancy Chuda: To Invent Fire Nancy Chuda 2011
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As 2011 comes to an end, I feel a somberness lying heavy on the world.
Nancy Chuda: To Invent Fire Nancy Chuda 2011
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