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somber

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drab, sober, somber, sombreadjective

    lacking brightness or color; dull

    "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"

  2. somber, sombre, melancholyadjective

    grave or even gloomy in character

    "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

Wiktionary

  1. somberadjective

    Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.

  2. somberadjective

    Dark, lacking color or brightness.

  3. Etymology: From sombre, from sombra, probably, from *, from ex + umbra, or according to some, the Spanish and Portuguese forms are, from *, from sub + umbra.

ChatGPT

  1. somber

    Somber generally refers to something that is dark, gloomy, serious or intensely solemn. It can describe a person's mood, tone, atmosphere, color, or environment that is lacking brightness, cheerfulness or happiness. It is often associated with situations related to death, tragedy or any serious matter which arouses grave feelings or emotions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Somberadjective

    alt. of Sombre

  2. Somberverb

    alt. of Sombre

  3. Sombernoun

    alt. of Sombre

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of somber in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of somber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of somber in a Sentence

  1. Ugo Betti:

    Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.

  2. Alex Villanueva:

    This is just a somber reminder that this is a dangerous job, and actions and words have consequences. Our job does not get any easier because people do not like law enforcement, it pisses me off, it dismays me at the same time. There's no pretty way to say it.

  3. Julius Grey:

    When you're having dinner with Tom the laughter is constant, he's not a somber policy wonk.

  4. Timothy Fadek:

    The mood was somber, depressed and resigned, people are going through the motions of their daily lives.

  5. Roger Turner:

    It is a somber day for the entire Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command as we mourn this tremendous loss, our thoughts and prayers remain with their families and loved ones during this extremely difficult time.

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