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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]