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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a state of partial or total darkness;
- Example: "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"
[syn: gloom, somberness, sombreness]

2. a feeling of melancholy apprehension;
[syn: gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness]

3. a manner that is serious and solemn;
[syn: graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Somberness \Som"ber*ness\, Sombreness \Som"bre*ness\, n. The quality or state of being somber; gloominess. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

somberness n 1: a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom" [syn: gloom, somberness, sombreness] 2: a feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness] 3: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness]