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Inky vs Somber - What's the difference?

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Inky is a related term of somber.


As adjectives the difference between inky and somber

is that inky is of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark while somber is dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.

As a verb somber is

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inky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
  • Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.
  • spattered or stained with ink
  • Synonyms

    * black * dark * murky

    Antonyms

    * bright * clear * whitened

    somber

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (Commonwealth English) sombre

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2002 , author=Dirk Wittenborn , title=Fierce People , passage=My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus .}}
  • Dark, lacking color or brightness.
  • Synonyms

    * melancholy, unhappy, sad

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • References

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    Anagrams

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