Melancholy
Melancholy noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: the bleakness of winter sometimes gives me cause for melancholy
Somberness and melancholy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Somberness" instead a noun "Melancholy".
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
Somberness
Somberness noun - A feeling of melancholy apprehension.
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Synonyms for Somberness
Melancholy and somberness are semantically related. You can use "Melancholy" instead a noun "Somberness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sadness and melancholy
- sadness and somberness
- despondency and melancholy
- despondency and somberness
- dejection and melancholy
- dejection and somberness
- despair and melancholy
- despair and somberness
- sorrow and melancholy
- sorrow and somberness
- depression and melancholy
- depression and somberness
- grief and melancholy
- grief and somberness
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