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Meaning of "sombrous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOMBROUS

sombrous  [ˈsɒmbrəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOMBROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sombrous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SOMBROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sombrous in the English dictionary

The definition of sombrous in the dictionary is sombre.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOMBROUS


cribrous
ˈkrɪbrəs
cumbrous
ˈkʌmbrəs
fibrous
ˈfaɪbrəs
glabrous
ˈɡleɪbrəs
Imbros
ˈɪmbrəs
penumbrous
penˈʌmbrəs
scabrous
ˈskeɪbrəs
slumbrous
ˈslʌmbrəs
tenebrous
ˈtɛnəbrəs
umbrous
ˈʌmbrəs
unslumbrous
ʌnˈslʌmbrəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMBROUS

somatotropic
somatotropin
somatotropine
somatotype
somberness
sombre
sombrely
sombreness
sombrerite
sombrero
some
some day
somebodies
somebody
someday
somedeal
somegate
somehow
somehow or other
someone

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMBROUS

adventurous
anhydrous
dangerous
decorous
disastrous
ferrous
generous
glamorous
glamourous
humorous
monstrous
murderous
nitrous
numerous
porous
prosperous
rigorous
treacherous
vigorous
wondrous

Synonyms and antonyms of sombrous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sombrous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOMBROUS

Find out the translation of sombrous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sombrous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sombrous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sombrous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sombrous
570 millions of speakers

English

sombrous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sombrous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sombrous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sombrous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sombrous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sombrous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sombrous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sombong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sombrous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sombrous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sombrous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sombrous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sombrous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sombrous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sombrous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sombrous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sombrous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sombrous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sombrous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sombrous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sombrous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sombrous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sombrous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sombrous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMBROUS»

The term «sombrous» is used very little and occupies the 190.589 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMBROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sombrous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sombrous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sombrous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMBROUS»

Discover the use of sombrous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sombrous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cosmopolitan Style: Modernism Beyond the Nation
notice. of. the. “sombrous. lives. behind. the. glass”. (A. 4). When. the. narrator returns to the train station, he observes shadowy details that he had missed on his initial visit: the imperialist facade, with its “verdigris-covered Negro,” and the ...
Rebecca L. Walkowitz, 2013
2
The Christian Journal, and Literary Register ...
2 Awake! the sombrous gloom of night ls fading to the day ; Put on the panoply of light, And cast your sins away. 8 He comer—the Prince of peace and love, To bring salvation near, And pour the blessings from above O'er all this rolling ...
‎1823
3
New Monthly Magazine
What Bishop Hurd calls the " sombrous fanatic air"f peculiar to Pascal, was indeed^the result in Jarge measure — how large it is not for us to say — of his physical idiosyncrasy, which was morbid and infirm in & highly exceptional degree.
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1856
4
The Memorial of Nathaniel Greene Cleary, Sheriff of the ...
... the Senate and House of Representatives of South-Carolina Nathaniel Greene Cleary. ranny, superstitious cruelty, and sombrous ignorance of its remote origin and various fortunes, an incum- brance to ourselves, and a mockery to others.
Nathaniel Greene Cleary, 1825
5
The Monthly anthology, and Boston review
... and Greece into Arabia ; and ami the wizards on the banks of the Euphrates with the hand of glory, ene of the darkest fictions ofWest'm superstition. Every part ol h:i writings has assumed the comp ex- ion of a sombrous and melancholy ...
‎1808
6
The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review
Take a specimen. «« Think that I have a task to do, a pilgrimage to go, so long, and sad, and sombrous, a life of hopeless love ; and to live out a long, long waste erf of years, which may be protracted from time to time The Wild Ir'ub Boy. [Nov.
Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, 1808
7
The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ...
But if his colouring be somewhat more tempered and sombrous, the warmth of his atmosphere more mitigated, it is more pensive and composing. It exhilarates less; but it has more sentiment; and, in what may be called the pastoral feeling of  ...
‎1825
8
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
In order due, then next (hall Martin rise, Whilst folly jingles all her bolls; Thro* the long period still he tries, And on the monstrous coalition dwell', Till fense repugnant flies the found, And sombrous vapours fill the dome around. Thy speech too ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1788
9
Islamic Images and Ideas: Essays on Sacred Symbolism
Brighten my face on the day when faces are made sombrous and do not make my face sombrous on the day when faces are brightened” [3:106]. Then he washed his right arm and said, “God! Give me my book in my right hand, and eternity in ...
John Andrew Morrow, 2013
10
The grey friar, and the black spirit of the Wye
This hermitage or cell was a subterraneous cave, extremely dismal and damp, situated in one of the most intricate recesses of the Forest, and enclosed by sombrous sombrous oaks, whose vast branches formed a magnificent portico at 16 ...
John English, 1810

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOMBROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sombrous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spain vs. Chile Preview: Which 'Roja' Will Prevail?
If it losses or ties, an unexpected return home and hasty end to a grandiose chapter for Spanish and world football will end on a sombrous note. In front of La ... «Soccerly, Jun 14»
2
The Moor: Lives, Landscape, Literature review – a wonderful book …
... though this seems mostly to have been a way of making a teenage virtue of his growing preoccupation with its atmosphere, an "ill- omened", "sombrous" mood ... «The Guardian, May 14»
3
Diego Reyes: Mexico's Sergio Busquets
His attitude is highly contagious and is capable of enlightening even teams with a sombrous present such as his beloved Club America. Aquivaldo Mosquera ... «FMF State of Mind, Dec 12»
4
Manila Through the Eyes of F. Sionil José
The skies over Manila Bay are typically sombrous, hazed with diesel pollution. If the fumes give you a headache, you can take a cab to the "golden ghetto" of ... «TIME, Feb 09»

REFERENCE
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