Dead and Sombre

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Dead adjective - No longer living.

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Sombre and dead are semantically related In some cases you can use "Sombre" instead an adjective "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

Sombre adjective - Grave or even gloomy in character.

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Dead and sombre are semantically related in dull topic. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Sombre".

Nearby Words: somber, sombrely

Mob of the Dead is a dark, sombre story of four murderous mobsters fighting to escape an overrun Alcatraz in Purgatory.

Source: Video Game / Nazi Zombies
The Walking Dead has a score of simple yet sombre songs, setting up the mood for the apocalypse and human drama quite well.

Source: Simple Score of Sadness
At the end of the movie, the song is sung by a full choir, and the sheer effect of this sombre tune rising upwards and changing to a thundering major chord at the end, makes the end a Crowning Moment of Awesome - set against the fact that all the main characters are dead.

Source: Film / We Leave For England

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