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- pronunciation:
- sam
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of a dark shade or condition.
a somber browna somber twilight- synonyms:
- dark, dusky, gloomy, murky
- antonyms:
- bright, garish
- similar words:
- dim, dingy, drab, dull, gray, leaden, sullen
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| definition 2: |
gloomy, melancholy, or dismal.
a somber occasion- synonyms:
- dark, dismal, gloomy, grave, melancholy
- antonyms:
- cheerful, convivial, jolly
- similar words:
- bleak, cheerless, dreary, grim, mournful, sad, serious, sober, solemn, sullen, unhappy
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| related words: |
dark, disconsolate, gloomy, grave, lugubrious, melancholy, morbid, morose, murky, obscure |
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| derivations: |
somberly (adv.), somberness (n.) |
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