Definition of
somber has definitions from the field of color
1
[ adjective ] grave or even gloomy in character

Synonyms

sombre

Examples

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

Related terms

cheerless

2
[ adjective ] (color) lacking brightness or color; dull

Synonyms

sober drab sombre

Examples

"drab faded curtains" "sober Puritan gray" "children in somber brown clothes"

Related terms

colorless

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Rhymes with

slumber amber's amber number lumber cumber camber member humber december clamber ember dismember encumber timber cucumber timbre outnumber limber chamber nonmember september misremember nov november remember bedchamber

Phonetic and Homophones

S AA1 M B ER0

Similar Spelling

somberly sombrero sombre sombrely

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