SOMBER; SOMBRE

a. v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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

3.
v.

To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]

4.
n.

Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]