Synonyms for SOMBRE
som·bre

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1. sombreadjective

   Synonyms:
   dire, melancholy, dreary, dismal

2. sombreadjective

   Dark; gloomy.

   Synonyms:
   melancholy, dismal, dire, dreary

3. sombreadjective

   Dull or dark in colour.

   Synonyms:
   dismal, dire, dreary, melancholy

4. sombreadjective

   Melancholy; dismal.

   Synonyms:
   melancholy, dire, dismal, dreary

5. sombreadjective

   Grave.

   a sombre situation

   Synonyms:
   dreary, melancholy, dire, dismal

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1. sombre

   Synonyms:
   dull, grave, gloomy, dark, murky, cloudy, funereal, sable, mournful, dusky, pensive, melancholy

   Antonyms:
   bright, gay, sunny, joyous

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1. drab, sober, somber, sombreadjective

   lacking brightness or color; dull

   "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"

   Synonyms:
   sober, serious, melancholy, somber, dingy, drear, grim, gloomy, dismal, blue, dark, grave, drab, olive-drab, sedate, disconsolate, dreary, unplayful, solemn, sorry, sombre

   Antonyms:
   cheerful, colorful, colourful

2. somber, sombre, melancholyadjective

   grave or even gloomy in character

   "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

   Synonyms:
   sombre, somber, drab, melancholy, melancholic, sober

   Antonyms:
   colourful, colorful, cheerful

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1. sombreadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Written also somber.] shady, dusky, cloudy, murky, dark, dull, darksome, rayless, sunless, unilluminated, obscure, dismal, sombrous, gloomy

2. sombreadjective

   Synonyms:
   melancholy, sad, mournful, doleful, lugubrious, funereal

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1. List of paraphrases for "sombre":

   bleak, gloomy, dark, grim, dismal, pessimistic, somber, dusky

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