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Definitions

sombre

ADJECTIVE

black

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dismal gloomy

STRONG

depressing depressive dispiriting distressing

WEAK

bleak doleful dreary funereal grim hopeless horrible lugubrious morose mournful ominous oppressive sad somber

Antonyms

WEAK

happy hopeful optimistic

ADJECTIVE

black

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sunless unlighted unlit

STRONG

pitch-dark starless stygian

WEAK

clouded murky shadowy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright sunny

ADJECTIVE

lackluster

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boring flat ho-hum muted uninspired

WEAK

blah blind colorless dark dead dim drab draggy dry laid-back leaden lusterless matte nothing obscure pabulum prosaic unimaginative vanilla vapid zero

Antonyms

WEAK

bright enthusiastic lively shining shiny spirited

ADJECTIVE

mournful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anguished forlorn sad

WEAK

bereft cheerless depressed disconsolate distressing doleful dolent full of sorrow grief-stricken grieving grievous heartbroken in mourning in pain in sorrow lamentable pitiful woeful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful happy joyful

ADJECTIVE

onyx

Synonyms

STRONG

brunet charcoal coal ebony jet jetty obsidian pitch raven sable slate sloe

WEAK

atramentous clouded dingy dusky ebon inklike inky livid melanoid murky piceous pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy shadowy somber sooty starless stygian swart swarthy

Antonyms

STRONG

white

ADJECTIVE

pitch-black

Synonyms

WEAK

atramentous charcoal clouded coal ebon ebony inklike inky jet jetty livid murky obsidian onyx piceous pitch pitch-dark raven sable shadowy slate somber sooty starless stygian

ADJECTIVE

pitchy

Synonyms

WEAK

atramentous brunet charcoal clouded coal dingy dusky ebon ebony inklike inky jet jetty livid melanoid murky obsidian onyx piceous pitch pitch-black pitch-dark raven sable shadowy slate sloe somber sooty starless stygian swart swarthy

Example Sentences

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Easter celebrations are shaping up to be sombre for Christians in the Middle East.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

It's a sombre moment for Silicon Valley and the implications are global.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

There was a sombre atmosphere on the court, with the crowd applauding sympathetically as Jones limped off with a towel covering her head.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Laschet added, in a sombre opening speech: "If Europe is not competitive economically it will not, in the long-term, have the financial basis, the technological basis, the industrial basis to guarantee its security."

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Beyond it were slopes covered with sombre trees like dark clouds, but all about them lay a tumbled heathland, grown with ling and broom and cornel, and other shrubs that they did not know.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

sombre

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