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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Somber

/säm'-bẽr/ · Som·ber · IPA /ˈsɑmbɚ/
01 a. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
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    Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
  2. 2.
    Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections.
    “The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short.” — Beaconsfield.
02 v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady.
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    To make somber, or dark; to make shady.[R.]
03 n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
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    Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.[Obs.]