"somber" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɑmbɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsɒmbə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-somber.ogg [US] Forms: somberer [comparative], somberest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)
  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sombre Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-somber-en-adj-5eVAASUu Disambiguation of Emotions: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɑmbɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsɒmbə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-somber.ogg [US] Forms: sombers [present, singular, third-person], sombering [participle, present], sombered [participle, past], sombered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)
  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sombre Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-somber-en-verb-5eVAASUu Disambiguation of Emotions: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

Inflected forms

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