sombrío

adj.

1 shadowy, gloomy, dark, dark and shadowy.

2 somber, glum, gloomy, dour.

3 sad.

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sombrío

► adjetivo

1 (lugar) dark

2 figurado (tenebroso) gloomy, sombre (US somber)

3 figurado (persona) gloomy, sullen

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(f. - sombría)

adj.

somber, gloomy

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1. ADJ

1) (=con sombra) shaded

2) (=triste) [lugar] sombre, somber (EEUU), gloomy, dismal; [persona, perspectiva] gloomy

2.

SM Méx shady place

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a) -bría adjetivo (liter) <lugar> (umbrío) dark

b) (lúgubre) cheerless, dismal; <persona> gloomy

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= sombre [somber, -USA], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dark [darker -comp., darkest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.].

Ex. The major source of national library resourcing remains central governments and the general picture of funding is sombre.

Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.

Ex. In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being 'grim-faced'.

Ex. The novel is disturbingly dark, violent, and filled with iconoclasm, despair, and paranoia = La novela es inquietantmente siniestra y violenta y está llena de iconoclasía, desesperación y paranoia.

Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.

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a) -bría adjetivo (liter) <lugar> (umbrío) dark

b) (lúgubre) cheerless, dismal; <persona> gloomy

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= sombre [somber, -USA], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dark [darker -comp., darkest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.].

Ex: The major source of national library resourcing remains central governments and the general picture of funding is sombre.

Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.

Ex: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being 'grim-faced'.

Ex: The novel is disturbingly dark, violent, and filled with iconoclasm, despair, and paranoia = La novela es inquietantmente siniestra y violenta y está llena de iconoclasía, desesperación y paranoia.

Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.

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sombrío -bría

adjective

(liter)

1 ‹lugar› (umbrío) dark

el piso es pequeño, frío y sombrío the apartment is small, cold and sunless o dark

2 ‹lugar› (lúgubre) somber*, cheerless, dismal; ‹persona› gloomy

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sombrío

◊ -bría adjetivo

a) (liter) ‹lugar› (umbrío) dark

b) (lúgubre) cheerless, dismal;

‹persona› gloomy
sombrío,-a adjetivo
1 (umbrío, sin sol) shadowy
2 (tétrico, desesperanzador) sombre, bleak, gloomy
3 fig (preocupado, triste, abatido) sullen, gloomy
'sombrío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
opaca
- opaco
- sombría
- tenebrosa
- tenebroso
- negro
English:
bleak
- cheerless
- dismal
- gloomy
- grim
- somber
- sombre
- desolate
- dreary
- joyless

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sombrío, -a adj

1. [oscuro] gloomy, dark

2. [triste, lúgubre] sombre, gloomy;

el futuro de la fábrica es sombrío the future of the factory is grim o bleak

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sombrío

adj fig

somber, Br

sombre

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sombrío, -bría adj

lóbrego: dark, somber, gloomy

♦ sombríamente adv