sombre

[US]/'sɔmbə/
[UK]/ˈsɑmbɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. melancholiki; mzito; dhawima; giza.

Phrases & Collocations

sombre mood

hali ya huzuni

sombre atmosphere

ubavu wa huzuni

sombre color palette

palete ya rangi ya huzuni

Example Sentences

the outcome of this sombre film is unsurprising.

matokeo ya filmi hii yenye huzuni hayajashangaza.

the sombre atmosphere has given way to a festive mood.

mhemko wenye huzuni umebadilika kuwa hali ya raha.

the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness.

homba ilikuwa ishara ya kusikitisha ya ugonjwa wake wa mwisho.

he always strains to seize the most sombre truths.

yeye daima hujaribu kukamata ukweli wa kusikitisha zaidi.

the night skies were sombre and starless.

angi za usiku zilikuwa zimejaa huzuni na hazikuwa na nyota.

he looked at her with a sombre expression.

aliyetazama kwa mtazamo wenye huzuni.

the cellos were playing in a rather sombre part of their compass.

tselo zilizicheza katika sehemu ya kaburi ya masafa yao.

Sailless, sombre and cold with the comfortless breath of the east-wind;

Basi, baridi, yenye huzuni na hewa baridi ya upepo wa mashariki;

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