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sombreness

A form of somberness — The state or quality of being somber.

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gloom somberness gloominess graveness gravity sobriety soberness

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Meanings

nounsombreness (uncountable)

alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of somberness.
The idleness of a passenger, my isolation amongst all these men with whom I had no point of contact, the oily and languid sea, the uniform sombreness of the coast, seemed to keep me away from the truth of things within the toil of a mournful and senseless delusion.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 203

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna state of partial or total darkness

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gloom somberness

Broader

nouna feeling of melancholy apprehension

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gloom gloominess somberness

Broader

melancholy apprehension apprehensiveness dread

nouna manner that is serious and solemn

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graveness gravity sobriety soberness somberness

Broader

seriousness earnestness serious-mindedness

Also see

gloom gloominess graveness gravity soberness sobriety somberness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sombre + -ness.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sombreness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sombreness.

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