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sombrous

[ som-bruhs ]

/ ˈsɒm brəs /

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adjective Archaic.

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Origin of sombrous

1720–30; <French sombresomber + -ous

Words nearby sombrous

somatotropin-releasing factor, somatotype, somber, sombre, sombrero, sombrous, some, somebody, somebody up there loves me, someday, somedeal

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How to use sombrous in a sentence

I would willingly remain behind these “sombrous walls” for the rest of my life for this chance.
Within Prison Walls|Thomas Mott Osborne
So he took his leave and returned home again; but his thoughts were sad and sombrous because of the refusal he had met with.
Tales from the Old French|Various
Time's sombrous tints have every view o'erspread, And thou too, gay seducer, art thou fled?
The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White|Henry Kirke White
A pale girl, with great large sombrous eyes and compressed lips, meets him, and places her hand in his without a word.
Mrs. Geoffrey|Duchess

It was a sombre morning; a heavy greyness of sky painted the eternal forest tops of a sombrous mourning colour.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley