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Sombre

Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.

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Similar meaning 6

Cheerless 84% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Cheerless 84% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Colorless 84% connected

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

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Colorless 84% connected

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

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Depressing 84% connected

of Depress

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Depressing 84% connected

of Depress

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Derivationally related 4

Sombreness 74% connected

The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

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Sombreness 74% connected

The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

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Synonym 4

Drab 92% connected

A low, sluttish woman.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Melancholy 92% connected

Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sober 92% connected

Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Somber 92% connected

Alt. of Sombre

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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