somber English

Meaning somber meaning

What does somber mean?

somber

— adjective (= drab, sober, sombre) lacking brightness or color; dull drab faded curtains sober Puritan grey children in somber brown clothes

— adjective (= sombre) grave or even gloomy in character solemn and mournful music a suit of somber black a somber mood

Synonyms somber synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as somber?

somber English » English

sombre

gloomy

dismal

dreary

dark

bleak

sad

miserable

gaunt

solemn

serious

melancholy

dim

grave

dull

sullen

sober

obscure

murky

lugubrious

black

shady

opaque

mournful

melancholic

grim

gray

drab

dingy

depressing

depressed

cloudy

blue

woebegone

wistful

unpleasant

unlighted

unkind

unconsolable

tragical

tragic

tenebrous

surly

sunless

sulky

stodgy

stately

sour

sick

shadowy

Topics somber topics

What do people use somber to talk about?

Social behavior Social activity Humor

Serious

• What words refer to being serious?
  serious earnest sober solemn somber stodgy

States Quality Light

Color

• What words describe something that is a dull color?
  dull faded washed out drab dingy flushed clouded grayish somber