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# sombre

«sombre» in Mova's school dictionary: **Dark and gloomy in colour or light** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sombrer, sombrest; US spelling somber)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dark and gloomy in colour or light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sombre/#m1)

2) Serious and sad, without cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sombre/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a gloomy mood or dark heart; in the lessons it describes a sad or heavy feeling

### examples

- He wore a sombre black coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sombre/#x1)
- The room was dark and sombre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sombre/#x2)
- The king's sombre mood frightened the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sombre/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sombre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sombre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.