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Definition
serious and without cheer — perhaps even gloomyor:
lacking brightness or color
- Before she said anything, I knew it was bad news from her somber face.
somber = grave or gloomy
- She wore a somber black dress to the funeral.
- a somber mood
- the somber tones of Barber's Adagio for Strings
- CHARLEY and BERNARD, somberly dressed, appear and knock on the kitchen door.Arthur Miller -- Death of a Salesman
- "I came as soon as I could," the vampire said somberly, turning my head gently to the left and right, examining the damage.Darren Shan -- A Vampire's Assistant
- No one said much, the mood somber and grim.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- Dumbledore came in, looking very somber.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- He sounded unhappy, and there was a somber look on his face.Chaim Potok -- The Chosen
- Ismael Munoz, dark and somber, watching people come aboard.Don DeLillo -- Underworld
- Until you see his eyes you think he's somber, even mean, but he has the most thoughtful and gentle brown eyes.Alice Walker -- The Color Purple
- Straight, somber and impersonal, he entered the actress's room and stood waiting.Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- The background was somber—almost black.Joseph Conrad -- Heart of Darkness
- They both looked so plain and somber compared to Mo Rhodes and her loud-colored pillows and sparkly wall hangings in Oriental designs.Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach
- to sit and wait for our own deaths with proper somber facesAmy Tan -- The Joy Luck Club
- "There has been far too much dying in these hills," Sadhar Khan said, somberly.Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
- As the sombre wheels of the six carts go round, they seem to plough up a long crooked furrow among the populace in the streets.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
- But before anyone could say anything else, the somber-sounding pipe organ filled the room.Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
- There was a somber graduation ceremony the following week at neighboring Motton Academy, but there were only fifty-two Seniors left to graduate.Stephen King -- Carrie
- My friends had assembled again, a far more somber, truculent group than before.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
somberly = grave or even gloomy in character; or lacking brightness or color
somberly = gravely
somber = serious and without cheer — perhaps even gloomy
somber = grave or gloomy
somber = grave or even gloomy
somber = grave or gloomy in character
somber = grave or even gloomy in character
somber = grave or even gloomy in character
somber = lacking brightness
somber = dull (lacking brightness or color)
somber = grave or gloomy