Can a Person Be Sombre?
When You're Sombre — or Somber — You're Acting Glum, Depressed, or Sad. Being Sombre Is the Opposite of Being Perky or Happy. This Is a Word That Has to Do...
When you're sombre — or somber — you're acting glum, depressed, or sad. Being sombre is the opposite of being perky or happy. This is a word that has to do with the mood of a person or event. A funeral is going to be sombre, and the people at the funeral are usually pretty sombre, too.
What is the English word of sombre?
serious, sad, and without humour or entertainment: a sombre atmosphere/voice/face. The funeral was a sombre occasion. I left them in a sombre mood. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
What language is sombre?
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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