somber — meaning in English

English meaning

• saturnine adj Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
• sombre adjective Dark, dim, or lacking in brightness.
• sullen adjective Gloomy, silent, and bad-tempered.

Senses

somber is used for these senses in English:

• saturnine (comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy
• sombre Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
• sullen Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.

saturnine — full definition

1. adj Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
2. adj Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
3. adj Synonym of leaden, of or related to the metal lead, associated with the planet Saturn in European alchemy.
4. adj Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).

sombre — full definition

1. adjective Dark, dim, or lacking in brightness.
2. adjective Serious, gloomy, or without any cheerfulness.

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