somber

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsɑmbɚ/
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/ˈsɑmbɚ/ · /ˈsɒmbə/

Definition of somber

2 senses · 2 parts of speech

adj

  1. (US, alt-of, standard)US standard spelling of sombre.
    “In your eyes the somber blues / Reflect a place from deep inside of knowing not what to do / I'll be your rock, when you're 'bout to fall / Together, we'll move on ahead and walk right through it all”
    “My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.”
    “Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight.”
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adj

  1. (US, alt-of, standard)US standard spelling of sombre.
    “In your eyes the somber blues / Reflect a place from deep inside of knowing not what to do / I'll be your rock, when you're 'bout to fall / Together, we'll move on ahead and walk right through it all”
    “My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.”
    “Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight.”

verb

  1. (US, alt-of, standard)US standard spelling of sombre.

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