sombre
Meaning
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- Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
- Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
- Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
- Grave; extremely serious.
Synonyms
dolourous
Frequency
Hyphenated as
som‧bre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɒmbə/
Etymology
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”).
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