English Dictionary

sombre

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɒmbə/

形容詞

カナダ英語 イギリス英語

Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit. / Dull or dark in colour or brightness. / Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim. / Grave; extremely serious.

日本語の意味

暗い、陰鬱な、影のある（薄暗い）様子。 / 色や明るさが鈍く、暗いまたは地味な様子。 / 憂鬱で、どんよりとした、陰鬱な、悲壮な雰囲気。 / 厳かで、極端に重大な様子。

A single candle cast a sombre glow across the abandoned chapel.

一本のろうそくが見捨てられた礼拝堂に暗い輝きを投げかけていた。

意味（1）

Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.

The lady led him into a sombre hallway and disappeared. A moment later the windowless chamber was illuminated by the entry of a heavenly creature emitting a radiance prone to pierce the heart of any youth exposed to it.

意味（2）

Dull or dark in colour or brightness.

His tall and slender figure, dressed in sombre black, his hair of that peculiar reddish auburn so rarely seen, his flashing black eyes, in which a fitful fire seemed for ever burning; all combined to give something almost of a demoniac air ...

意味（3）

Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.

The dinner was silent and sombre; happily it was also short.

意味（4）

Grave; extremely serious.

a sombre situation

sombrer （ comparative ）

sombrest （ superlative ）