somber — meaning in English

English meaning

• saturnine adj Describes someone who tends to be cold, distant and gloomy by nature.
• 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 Describes someone who tends to be cold, distant and gloomy by nature.
2. adj Describes a place or atmosphere that feels dull, dark and depressing.
3. adj Relating to the metal lead, which old European alchemists linked with the planet Saturn.
4. adj (medicine) Resulting from or affected by poisoning with lead.

sombre — full definition

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

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