sombre

Meaning

Adj

1. (Canada, UK) Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
2. (Canada, UK) Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
3. (Canada, UK) Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
4. (Canada, UK) Grave; extremely serious.

Noun

Gloom; obscurity; duskiness.

Verb

To make sombre or dark; to make shady.

Synonyms

somber

gloomy

dark

melancholy

somber

dismal

dim

sad

☹️

obscure

dull

lugubrious

dreary

sober

murky

black

bleak

blue

dingy

doleful

drab

mournful

solemn

dolourous

despondent

depressed

dusk

darksome

grave

🪦

grief-stricken

grievous

grim

gross

heartsick

heavy

joyless

darkling

major

melancholic

clouded

mirk

gloomful

murk

angry

😠

no-nonsense

cheerless

opaque

recondite

sable

broody

saturnine

Translations

düster

sombre

sombrío

sombrio

escuro

oscuro

lúgubre

fosco

donker

finster

duister

nero

tetro

σκοτεινός

dunkel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɒmbə/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: sombra

In summary

Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”).