sombre — (BrE) (AmE somber) adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ Everyone looked very sombre. ▪ become, grow, turn … Collocations dictionary
Sombre — Somber Som ber, Sombre Som bre(?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See {Umbrage}.] 1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Somber — Som ber, Sombre Som bre(?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See {Umbrage}.] 1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sombre — Somber Som ber, Sombre Som bre, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
somber — 1760 (earlier sombrous, c.1730), from Fr. sombre dark, gloomy, from O.Fr. sombre, from L.L. subumbrare to shadow, from sub under + umbra shade, shadow, from PIE *andho blind, dark (see UMBRAGE (Cf. umbrage)) … Etymology dictionary
sombre — British English spelling of SOMBER (Cf. somber) (q.v.); for spelling, see RE (Cf. re) … Etymology dictionary
somber — [säm′bər] adj. [Fr sombre < LL * subumbrare, to shade < L sub, under + umbra, shade] 1. dark and gloomy or dull 2. mentally depressed or depressing; melancholy 3. earnest and solemn; grave: Also Chiefly Brit. sombre somberly adv. somberness … English World dictionary
Somber — Som ber, Sombre Som bre, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Somber — Som ber, Sombre Som bre, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sombre — Somber Som ber, Sombre Som bre, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sombre — is spelt this way in BrE, and somber in AmE … Modern English usage
