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sombre

/ˈsɒmbə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsɒmbə/
sombre
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> sombre

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မှိုင်းသော။ ညို့သော။ မှောင်သော။ ရသော။ ဝမ်းနည်းညှိုးငယ်သော။ မရွှင်ပျသော။ သုန်မှုန်နေသော။

Full entry

sombre (US somber) /'sɒmbǝ(r) / adj

၁။ မှိုင်းသော။ ညို့သော။ မှောင်သော။ ရီသော။ sombre clothes ❍ a sombre January day.
၂။ ဝမ်းနည်းညှိုးငယ်သော။ မရွှင်ပျသော။ သုန်မှုန်နေသော။
a sombre expression on his face ❍ be in a sombre mood ❍ a sombre occasion. sombrely adv : sombrely dressed.

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  • The sombre tone in her voice
Synonyms
anguished, atramentous, atrocious, bereft, black, blah, bleak, blind, boring, brunet, charcoal, cheerless, clouded, coal, colorless, dark, dead, depressed, depressing, depressive, dim, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, distressing, doleful, dolent, drab, draggy, dreary, dry, dull, dusky, ebon, ebony, flat, foreboding, forlorn, full of sorrow, funereal, gloomy, grief-stricken, grieving, grievous, heartbroken, ho-hum, hopeless, horrible, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, laid-back, lamentable, leaden, lifeless, livid, lugubrious, lusterless, matte, melanoid, mournful, murky, muted, nothing, obscure, obsidian, ominous, onyx, oppressive, pabulum, piceous, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitch-dark pitchy, pitchy, pitiful, prosaic, raven, sable, sad, shadowy, sinister, slate, sloe, somber, sooty, sorrowful, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy, threatening, unimaginative, uninspired, vanilla, vapid, woeful, zero
Antonyms
bright, cheerful, clean, enthusiastic, good, happy, hopeful, joyful, lively, optimistic, shining, shiny, spirited, white
Cross references
anguishedatramentousatrociousbereftblackblahbleakblindboringbrunetcharcoalcheerlesscloudedcoalcolorlessdarkdeaddepresseddepressingdepressivedimdingydisconsolatedismaldispiritingdistressingdolefuldolent
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