Both Uses
somber
in
All the Light We Cannot See
(Edited)
- To hear so many of them in a room together confuses and excites Marie-Laure: they are giddy when they should be serious, somber after jokes;
p. 248.7 *somber = without humour or fun
- The Hotel-Dieu dining room is big and somber and full of people talking about U-boats off Gibraltar and the inequities of currency exchange and four-stroke marine diesel engines.
p. 265.1 *somber = gloomy (in color, and/or mood)
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)