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English Dictionary: sombre	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sombre adj lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" Synonym(s): drab, sober, somber, sombre grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" Synonym(s): somber, sombre, melancholy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\(?; 277), a. [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.