somber
/ˈsɑmbɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In your eyes the somber blues / Reflect a place from deep inside of knowing not what to do / I'll be your rock, when you're 'bout to fall / Together, we'll move on ahead and walk right through it all"
- "My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus."
- "Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɑmbɚ/
- British English: /ˈsɒmbə/
Usage
- American usage