Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Sombre
sombre, adj. [Fr., origin uncertain.] (webplay: dusk, light, twilight).
- Serious; thoughtful; sober; solemn; grave; pensive; [fig.] not yet enlightened; [metaphor] cloudy; misty; hazy; nebulous; sheltered; dwelling in the shadows.
- Gloomy; dull; sullen; dusky; melancholy; [fig.] shady; shadowy; depressingly dark.
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