somber
somber is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections. The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short. Beaconsfield.
- 2.To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]
- 3.Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- ash-colored
- ashen
- ashy
- atramentous
- black
- blackamoor
- blacken
- blackness
- blot
- blotch
- buck
- calcareous
- charcoal
- chiaroscuro
- cinereous
- cineritious
- coal
- coal-black
- color
- cool
- coon
- crow
- dark
- darken
- darkness
- denigrate
- derogatory
- dingy
- drab
- dun
- dusky
- dye
- ebon
- ebony
- favillous
- for
- fuliginous
- gray
- grey
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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