Somber - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɑːmbər|  American pronunciation of the word somber
Brit.  |ˈsɑːmbə|

adjective

- lacking brightness or color; dull (syn: drab, sober, sombre)
children in somber brown clothes
- grave or even gloomy in character (syn: melancholy, sombre)
a suit of somber black
a somber mood

Extra examples

The dining room was sombre.

The photograph showed his somber countenance.

...museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons...

...the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair...

Her death put us in a somber mood.

The movie is a somber portrait of life on the streets.

He wore a somber suit.

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