All 3 Uses of
somber
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- For the most part it was a somber group that straggled back to their neglected chores.
p. 159.5somber = unhappy--without humor or fun
- The story they had to tell put a somber end to the happy evening.
p. 232.9 *somber = sad or serious--without humor or fun
- The day went by like any other, filled with work, and Kit said nothing, ashamed that in this somber household she should even remember a happy English yuletide.
p. 234.7somber = solemn (serious--not cheerful or lighthearted)
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