Crossword clues for somberness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Somberness \Som"ber*ness\, Sombreness \Som"bre*ness\, n. The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being somber.
WordNet
n. a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispell the gloom" [syn: gloom, sombreness]
a feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: gloom, gloominess]
a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness]
Usage examples of "somberness".
The gold in her eyes shone radiantly, becoming his own personal sun to chase away the somberness created by the dusky forest.
The somberness of Warlock in the day became a weird ethereality by night.
But though he smiled a politician’s smile, his eyes were those of a man who has just seen the hour and date of his death written upon a wall, a somberness of expression Peter found most attractive for he too was something of a melodramatist, having read Poe the previous winter.