sombre
adjective
[ ˈsɒmbə ]
• dark or dull in colour or tone.
• "the night skies were sombre and starless"
Similar:
dark,
dark-coloured,
dull,
dull-coloured,
drab,
dingy,
shady,
restrained,
subdued,
sober,
funereal,
severe,
austere,
• having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness.
• "he looked at her with a sombre expression"
Similar:
solemn,
earnest,
serious,
grave,
sober,
unsmiling,
poker-faced,
stern,
grim,
dour,
humourless,
stony-faced,
gloomy,
depressed,
sad,
melancholy,
dismal,
doleful,
mournful,
joyless,
cheerless,
lugubrious,
funereal,
sepulchral,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from French, based on Latin sub ‘under’ + umbra ‘shade’.
