What does sombrous mean?
Sombrous means Gloomy; sombre..
Sombrous
/ˈsɒmbɹəs/ · adjective
Meaning
Gloomy; sombre..
Example Sentences
Before me rose an avenue / Of tall and sombrous pines; / Abroad their fan-like branches grew, / And, where the sunshine darted through, / Spread a vapor soft and blue, / In long and sloping lines.
It was some time before my eyes became used to its artificial dusk, and I could make out the different animals leading their sombrous lives behind the glass by the light of a pale moon.
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Word Forms
- more sombrous
- most sombrous
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Before me rose an avenue / Of tall and sombrous pines; / Abroad their fan-like branches grew, / And, where the sunshine darted through, / Spread a vapor soft and blue, / In long and sloping lines.
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