English

Alternative forms

• sombre (UK, often Canada)

Adjective

somber ‎(comparative somberer, superlative somberest)

1. Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
   • 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People:

     My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.

2. Dark, lacking color or brightness.

Synonyms

• melancholy, unhappy, sad

Translations

Verb

somber ‎(third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)

1. Alternative form of sombre

References

1. ↑ “somber” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
2. ↑ “somber” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

• somber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• somber in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• sombre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

somber ‎(comparative somberder, superlative somberst)

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)

Inflection

Derived terms

• somberaar
• somberen
• somberheid
• sombermans