OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 17544

sombre

/ˈsɒmbə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sombrío
Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on e…
The lady led him into a sombre hallway and disappeared. A moment later the windowless chamber was illuminated by the entry of a heavenly creature emitting a radiance prone to pierc…
sombrío
Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
His tall and slender figure, dressed in sombre black, his hair of that peculiar reddish auburn so rarely seen, his flashing black eyes, in which a fitful fire seemed for ever burni…
grave
Grave; extremely serious.
a sombre situation