sombrous

[ som-bruhs ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. somber.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sombrous¹

1720–30; < French sombre somber + -ous

Example Sentences

So he took his leave and returned home again; but his thoughts were sad and sombrous because of the refusal he had met with.

From Project Gutenberg

Am I turn'd coward, that my tottering knees Knock as I tread the pavement?—'Tis the place; The sombrous horror of these long-drawn aisles.

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She saw, or thought she saw, a faint streak, like a silver line drawn across the sky where the yellow sands touched the sombrous horizon.

From Project Gutenberg

A pale girl, with great large sombrous eyes and compressed lips, meets him, and places her hand in his without a word.

From Project Gutenberg

The state of U.S. amateur tennis has gone from the sombrous to the ludicrous.

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