sombreness
21sombre — BrE somber AmE adjective 1 sad and serious; grave 2 (1): They sat in sombre silence. | a sombre expression | on the sombre occasion of his mother s funeral 2 dark and without any bright colours: a suit of sombre grey sombrely adverb sombreness… …
22gravity — noun 1) the gravity of the situation Syn: seriousness, importance, significance, weight, consequence, magnitude, acuteness, urgency, dreadfulness 2) the gravity of his demeanour Syn: solemnity …
23sombre — /ˈsɒmbə / (say sombuh) adjective 1. gloomily dark, shadowy, or dimly lit. 2. dark and dull, as colour, or as things in respect to colour. 3. gloomy, depressing, or dismal. Also, US, somber; Obsolete, sombrous. {French, from Vulgar Latin… …
24sombre — (US also somber) ► ADJECTIVE 1) dark or dull. 2) oppressively solemn or sober. DERIVATIVES sombrely adverb sombreness noun. ORIGIN French, from Latin sub under + umbra shade …
25sombrely — sombre (US also somber) ► ADJECTIVE 1) dark or dull. 2) oppressively solemn or sober. DERIVATIVES sombrely adverb sombreness noun. ORIGIN French, from Latin sub under + umbra shade …
26apprehensiveness — noun fearful expectation or anticipation the student looked around the examination room with apprehension • Syn: ↑apprehension, ↑dread • Derivationally related forms: ↑dread (for: ↑dread), ↑ …
27earnestness — noun 1. an earnest and sincere feeling (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑seriousness, ↑sincerity • Derivationally related forms: ↑sincere (for: ↑sincerity), ↑earnest …
28semidarkness — noun partial darkness • Derivationally related forms: ↑semidark • Hypernyms: ↑dark, ↑darkness • Hyponyms: ↑cloudiness, ↑overcast, ↑shade, ↑ …
29serious-mindedness — noun the trait of being serious a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness Robert Rice • Syn: ↑seriousness, ↑earnestness, ↑sincerity • Ant: ↑frivolity (for: ↑seriousn …
30seriousness — noun 1. an earnest and sincere feeling (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑earnestness, ↑sincerity • Derivationally related forms: ↑sincere (for: ↑sincerity), ↑earnest …
