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Meanings of sombreness in English

Portuguese
pessimismo
Catalan
foscúria
Spanish
oscuridad

A manner that is serious and solemn.

      pessimismo
      Usage of sombreness in English
      1
      A delightful smile of welcome chased away the sombreness of her face.
      Nobody's Man
      2
      Their sombreness was increased by the oak with which they were panelled.
      The Magician
      3
      Consequently it was sombre, and its sombreness was unrelieved by any mirror.
      Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
      4
      A terrible sombreness is achieved in its former half by a notable simplicity.
      Contemporary American Composers / Being a Study of the Music of ...
      5
      The vastness, the loneliness, the stillness, the twilight sombreness, were awful.
      Overland: A Novel
      6
      There was an undercurrent of sombreness in the man's manner that frightened her.
      A Mountain Woman
      7
      Her swift change of expression from glow to defensive sombreness admitted its significance.
      Jaffery
      8
      Well, in the best examples, a certain sombreness of tone in the prints themselves.
      The Guardian
      9
      The sombreness and the sternness of it appeal to me, but not the sadness.
      A Daughter of the Snows
      10
      We were pleased to see taxi drivers turning their aggression into sombreness and respect.
      The South African
      11
      Upon the sombreness of human history as reflected in Gen.
      Introduction to the Old Testament
      12
      The sombreness of a burial hung over the castle.
      Graustark
      13
      It had all the sombreness of reproach-ofimmitigable reproach.
      The Judgment House
      14
      The usual feelings are ones of sombreness and forlornness.
      The Irish Times
      15
      But its sombreness was relieved by a gorgeous Indian scarf, thrown carelessly over the shoulders.
      The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891
      16
      If sombre, no happiness can drive that sombreness away.
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      Portuguese
      pessimismo
      Sombreness through the time