somber mood
Dark emotional tone
A somber mood is a state of seriousness, gravity, or subdued sadness.
The phrase describes an atmosphere or emotional tone marked by solemnity rather than lightness: A somber mood settled over the room after the announcement.
Someone in a somber mood is quiet and reflective, often touched by melancholy or weighty thoughts.
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- low spiritsEmotional state of sadness
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- heavy heartProfound emotional sadness
- graveSerious and worrying
solemn · mournful · black dress · heavy · dark · dark cloud · subdued · brooding · pensive · deep sigh · wistful · dreary · bleak · rainy day · funeral · overcast · gray · quiet
- melancholysadness, sorrow, gloom, woe, dejection
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- humorlessnesshumorlessness, seriousness, deadpan, poker face, stone face
- Russian MelancholyRussian soul, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev
somber moodsunny disposition
Consistently positive temperament
high spirits · good cheer · giddiness · merriment · gaiety
somber moodfestive atmosphere
Celebratory mood pervading
carnival atmosphere · revelry · holiday spirit · merriment · gaiety
somber, sombre, somberly, sombrely, somberness, mood, moods, moody, moodily