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Somber

//ˈsɑmbɚ// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    US standard spelling of sombre. US, alt-of, standard

    "My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus."

Adjective
  1. 1
    grave or even gloomy in character wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking brightness or color; dull wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    US standard spelling of sombre. US, alt-of, standard

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