somberness
noun[U]
US(UKsombreness)us/ˈsɑːm.bɚ.nəs/uk/ˈsɒm.bə.nəs/seriousnessandsadness:
You cansensethecollectivesomberness at the team'shotel.
Theydranktheirtea, a somberness intheirmanner.
darkness:
Thegreatcandlesservedonly toaccentuatethegloomand somberness of thehall.
It is aplaceof the moststaggeringsomberness,grandeur, andgloom.
See
somber
- Theirhappinesswastingedwith somberness.
- Hismoodchangedsuddenly, the sombernessvanishingas if it had never been there.
- The somberness of thechurchwasrelievedonly by the wall-paintings.
Lacking humour
- be no laughing matteridiom
- beyond
- earnestly
- earnestness
- intense
- joke
- laugh
- mirthlessly
- overearnest
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- seriously
- solemn
- solemnity
- starchy
- turgidity
- turgidly
- ultra-serious
- unamusing
- unfunny
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