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synonyms for sombre
- forlorn
- sad
- bereft
- cheerless
- depressed
- disconsolate
- distressing
- doleful
- grief-stricken
- grievous
- heartbroken
- lamentable
- pitiful
- woeful
- anguished
- dolent
- full of sorrow
- grieving
- in mourning
- in pain
- in sorrow
- jet
- slate
- onyx
- coal
- sable
- pitch
- brunet
- ebony
- clouded
- dingy
- dusky
- livid
- murky
- shadowy
- somber
- sooty
- swarthy
- charcoal
- sloe
- obsidian
- raven
- atramentous
- ebon
- inklike
- melanoid
- piceous
- pitch-dark
- starless
- stygian
- swart
- distressing
- foreboding
- threatening
- depressing
- dispiriting
- atrocious
- bleak
- dismal
- doleful
- dreary
- funereal
- gloomy
- horrible
- lugubrious
- mournful
- ominous
- oppressive
- sad
- sinister
- depressive
- jet
- coal
- slate
- pitch
- jetty
- sable
- brunet
- ebony
- clouded
- dingy
- dusky
- inky
- livid
- murky
- pitch-black
- pitchy
- shadowy
- somber
- sooty
- swarthy
- charcoal
- sloe
- obsidian
- raven
- atramentous
- ebon
- inklike
- melanoid
- piceous
- pitch-dark
- starless
- stygian
- swart
- brunet
- clouded
- coal
- dingy
- dusky
- ebony
- inky
- jet
- jetty
- livid
- murky
- onyx
- pitch
- sable
- shadowy
- slate
- somber
- sooty
- swarthy
- atramentous
- charcoal
- ebon
- inklike
- melanoid
- obsidian
- piceous
- pitch-dark
- pitch-dark pitchy
- raven
- sloe
- starless
- stygian
- swart
- brunet
- clouded
- coal
- dingy
- dusky
- ebony
- inky
- jet
- jetty
- livid
- murky
- onyx
- pitch
- pitch-black
- sable
- shadowy
- slate
- somber
- sooty
- swarthy
- atramentous
- charcoal
- ebon
- inklike
- melanoid
- obsidian
- piceous
- pitch-dark
- raven
- sloe
- starless
- stygian
- swart
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How to use sombre in a sentence
His eyes became more sombre, looked suddenly as if even their material weight must have increased.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSThe more his kind wife exerted herself to comfort him, the more obstinately he persisted in maintaining his own sombre views.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEIn quiet shade the sombre valley lay,While all the little hills around were clothedWith the soft lustre of the dewy moon.
THE POEMS OF GIACOMO LEOPARDIGIACOMO LEOPARDIThick clouds of smoke overcast the sky, shrouding the morning with sombre gray.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANIf you can stand a few hours of talk from an old smacksman you may hear a sombre litany of horror.
THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMANThe severe atmosphere of that sombre apartment, wherein sat the chief of the police of the Republic, was depressing.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX"The Church is very just," the priest answered him, more sternly still, a holy wrath kindling his sombre eyes.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIIt is a picture of tragic grandeur, painted in sombre and magisterial colours on the fiery vault of hell.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIERMr. Sombre formed a regiment of native troops, which, after they were well trained, he offered to the emperor.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThere is no real difference between natural religion and the most sombre and servile superstition.
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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