Synonyms of the word

somberness

• n. The state or quality of being somber.

apprehension

• n. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
• n. (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
• n. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing…
• n. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
• n. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
• n. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

apprehensiveness

• n. the state of being apprehensive.

dread

• v. (transitive) To fear greatly.
• v. To anticipate with fear.
• v. (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
• v. (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
• n. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
• n. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
• n. Somebody or something dreaded.
• n. (obsolete) A person highly revered.
• n. (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
• n. A Rastafarian.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock.
• adj. Terrible; greatly feared.
• adj. (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.

earnestness

• n. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.

gloom

• n. Darkness, dimness or obscurity.
• n. A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.
• n. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
• n. A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
• v. (intransitive) To be dark or gloomy.
• v. (intransitive) to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
• v. (transitive) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
• v. (transitive) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
• v. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

gloominess

• n. The state or condition of being gloomy.

graveness

• n. The state of being grave; gravity.

gravity

• n. Resultant force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force…
• n. Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (In casual discussion, gravity and…
• n. The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
• n. Specific gravity.
• n. The state or condition of being grave (graveness).

melancholy

• adj. Affected with great sadness or depression.
• n. (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
• n. Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

semidarkness

• n. Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.

seriousness

• n. The state or quality of being serious.

sincerity

• n. The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy,…

soberness

• n. The state or quality of being sober.

sobriety

• n. The quality or state of being sober.
• n. The quality or state of not being intoxicated.
• n. The quality or state of being grave or earnestly thoughtful.
• n. The state or quality of being unhurried; a state of calm.
• n. A state of moderation or seriousness.
• n. Modesty in color or style.
• n. Soundness of judgement.

sombreness

• n. Alternative spelling of somberness.