Definition of somber

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som·ber    (smbr) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. 1. Dark; gloomy.
   2. Dull or dark in color.
2. 1. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood.
   2. Serious; grave.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French sombre, from Old French, from *sombrer, to cast a shadow, from Late Latin subumbrre, from Latin sub umbr, in shadow : sub, under ; see sub- + umbr, ablative of umbra, shadow

OTHER FORMS:
somber·ly(Adverb), somber·ness(Noun)