Both Uses of
somber
in
The Fountainhead
- He was saying to a somber young female who wore glasses and a low-cut evening gown: "My dear, you will never be more than a dilettante of the intellect, unless you submerge yourself in some cause greater than yourself."†
Chpt 2.6 *
- In the apartment, Toohey led him to an armchair and stood before him, somber as a judge.†
Chpt 2.12
Definitions:
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(1)
(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad
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(2)
(somber as in: somber colors) lacking brightness or color -- perhaps gloomy