All 4 Uses of
somber
in
Crime and Punishment
- He wondered every time at his sombre and enigmatic impression and, mistrusting himself, put off finding the explanation of it.†
Chpt 2.2
- "Of course, I am an ass," he observed, sombre as a storm cloud, "but still…. you are another."†
Chpt 3.1
- Raskolnikov really was almost well, as compared with his condition the day before, but he was still pale, listless, and sombre.†
Chpt 3.3
- The pale, sombre face lighted up for a moment when his mother and sister entered, but this only gave it a look of more intense suffering, in place of its listless dejection.†
Chpt 3.3 *
Definition:
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(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad