Associations to the word «Somberness»

Wiktionary

SOMBERNESS, noun. The state or quality of being somber.

Dictionary definition

SOMBERNESS, noun. A state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom".
SOMBERNESS, noun. A feeling of melancholy apprehension.
SOMBERNESS, noun. A manner that is serious and solemn.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne