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Definition of Sombreness
1. Noun. A state of partial or total darkness. "He struck a match to dispel the gloom"
Generic synonyms: Semidarkness
Derivative terms: Gloomy, Somber, Sombre
2. Noun. A feeling of melancholy apprehension.
Generic synonyms: Apprehension, Apprehensiveness, Dread, Melancholy
Derivative terms: Gloomy, Somber, Sombre
3. Noun. A manner that is serious and solemn.
Generic synonyms: Earnestness, Serious-mindedness, Seriousness, Sincerity
Specialized synonyms: Stodginess, Stuffiness
Derivative terms: Grave, Grave, Grave, Grave, Sober, Sober, Somber, Sombre
Definition of Sombreness
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of somberness) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sombreness
Literary usage of Sombreness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Puritan in Holland, England, and America: An Introduction to American by Douglas Campbell (1892)
"Nor can the sombreness which settled down upon the lives of the early English
Puritans be attributed to their republican theories of government, ..."
2. The Puritan in Holland, England, and America: An Introduction to American by Douglas Campbell (1892)
"Nor can the sombreness which settled down upon the lives of the early English
Puritans be attributed to their republican theories of government, ..."
3. Ethics of Literature by John A. Kersey (1894)
"... Intellectuality—His Proposition that Religion is a Human Product—Sources of
his Source— Tacit Rage of Scandinavians Still Survives in sombreness of ..."