"sombre" in the adjective sense
1. drab, sober, somber, sombre
lacking brightness or color dull
"drab faded curtains"
"sober Puritan grey"
"children in somber brown clothes"
2. somber, sombre, melancholy
grave or even gloomy in character
"solemn and mournful music"
"a suit of somber black"
"a somber mood"
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