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Somber Thought Shadow Latin Sɒmbə Adj 阴沉的;幽暗的 Sad

Front somber
Pron ['sɒmbə]
Back 【somber】
adj. 阴沉的;幽暗的
He was sad, and his thought about future was very somber.
他很不快乐,他对未来感到前途渺茫。
Vocab
sombergrave or even gloomy in character

Funerals are often somber affairs. Also your face after your teacher hands back an exam you failed. Somber is used to describe situations, facial expressions, or moods that are dark, gloomy, or depressing.

Something that is somber is often thought of as "in shadow," as in "the shadow of grief," or "the shadow of a bad mood." This is not just a coincidence. Somber comes from French sombre, which comes from Late Latin subumbrāre "to cast a shadow," from Latin sub umbrā "under a shadow."

All forms of 'somber' will appear on average once every 1960 pages.
somber
somberly
somberness

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