Joyless vs Sombre - What's the difference?
joyless | sombre | Related terms |
Dark; gloomy.
Dull or dark in colour.
Melancholy; dismal.
* Beaconsfield
Grave.
(obsolete) gloom; obscurity; duskiness
Joyless is a related term of sombre.
As an adjective joyless
is without joy; unhappy, sad.As a verb sombre is
.sombre
English
Alternative forms
* (US ) somberAdjective
(er)- The dinner was silent and sombre ; happily it was also short.
- a sombre situation