Category:Somber

Som"ber, som"bre, a. Etym: [f. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade, prob. From ll. subumbrare to put in the shade; l. sub under + umbra shade. See umbrage.]

1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber House.

2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber Reflections. The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short. Beaconsfield.

Somber; sombre Som"ber, som"bre, v. t.

Defn: to make somber, or dark; to make shady. [r.]

Somber; sombre Som"ber, som"bre, n.

Defn: gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [obs.]