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Meanings of somber in English

Lacking brightness or color; dull.

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Grave or even gloomy in character.

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Examples for "melancholy"
Examples for "melancholy"
1
London producer James Mathé's way with melancholy continues to serve him well.
The Irish Times
2
My eyes are the colour of burned wine; in them lives melancholy.
The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes
3
Maloof took one last melancholy look at his new ceiling, and left.
The Golem and the Jinni
4
I am; and it is the most melancholy journey I ever attempted.
Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue / A Tal...
5
The greatness of the affair terrified him; yet its melancholy drew him.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
Usage of somber in English
1
The somber warlock was far, far away and would likely never return.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
2
His manner quickly altered from light and conversant to somber and serious.
In the shadow of the cypress
3
But I will refer to such somber times at the proper moment.
Purity of blood
4
The hurrying voice of the girl broke in on his somber thoughts.
The Rangeland Avenger
5
The somber blue eyes of the Virginian gleamed beneath the heavy lashes:
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
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That's not exactly the response I expected. He looked worried and somber.
Second chance
7
The tapestry covering them in places was old and of somber design.
Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
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But the silence that succeeded the thunder of the guns was somber.
The Hosts of the Air
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On the one chair in this oasis, the somber gentleman seated himself.
Contrary Mary
10
Jones recognized the cream mustang; he knew the somber, sinister, broad face.
The Last of the Plainsmen
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Through the side window, I note the somber blackness of the night.
The House on the Borderland
12
Off in the east a reddish streak spread skyward into somber gray.
North of Fifty-Three
13
In another few minutes Matthew entered the somber area of deformed orchards.
Speaks the Nightbird
14
But Mayo gave a somber return to the raillery of her eyes.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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In an instant the somber silence of the cab's interior was lost.
Castle Craneycrow
16
They knew it-thesilent watchers in that somber room-his daughter, and all.
The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
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