Sombreness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of somberness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"The idleness of a passenger, my isolation amongst all these men with whom I had no point of contact, the oily and languid sea, the uniform sombreness of the coast, seemed to keep me away from the truth of things within the toil of a mournful and senseless delusion."
- 2 a manner that is serious and solemn wordnet
- 3 a feeling of melancholy apprehension wordnet
- 4 a state of partial or total darkness wordnet
Example
More examples"The idleness of a passenger, my isolation amongst all these men with whom I had no point of contact, the oily and languid sea, the uniform sombreness of the coast, seemed to keep me away from the truth of things within the toil of a mournful and senseless delusion."
Etymology
From sombre + -ness.
More for "sombreness"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.