Synonyms for somberness

Most common

gravity · sobriety · soberness · graveness · gloom · gloominess

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The state or quality of being somber.

Related words

Other spellings

sombreness UK

Forms

Plural

sombernesses → gravities, sobrieties, sobernesses, glooms…

Example sentences

• gravity Without gravity we would be hurled off into space.
• sobriety Yanni is strongly devoted to his sobriety.
• gloom I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

gloom¹

7 letters

gravity³

8 letters

sobriety⁴

9 letters

soberness, graveness, sombriety

10 letters

gloominess

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gravity³ = 3 syllables).