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noun
The state or quality of being somber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: sombriety
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a manner that is serious and solemn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, sombreness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
Narrower terms: stodginess, stuffiness
noun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gloom, gloominess, sombreness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, melancholy
noun
a state of partial or total darkness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gloom, sombreness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: semidarkness
History
Etymology tree English somber Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English somberness From somber + -ness.
