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Somber vs Mirthless - What's the difference?

somber | mirthless |

As adjectives the difference between somber and mirthless

is that somber is dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim while mirthless is lacking mirth; devoid of joy.

As a verb somber

is .

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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    mirthless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking mirth; devoid of joy.
  • "The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms: hollow, heartless, mirthless , maniacal... " – James Thurber