0 serious, sad, and without humor or entertainment:
1 serious and sad in appearance or feeling:
More somber than usual, he seemed thoroughly downcast and withdrawn.
The women pictured in these photos shared the modest dress and somber countenances of most of the beauty competition entrants.
In these photos rows of men sat neatly on benches and on the ground, facing a radio set flanked by somber standing attendants.
What most readily distinguishes the beauty competition's top two finishers is their rejection of the somber countenance, long a convention of portrait photography.
In the first narrative, the physician believes that the professional role of the physician is to be serious, somber, attentive, caring.
Not only are the rivers somber but the story as well.
The symbolism of horsewomen's espousal of somber colors is complex.
Though the garment's somber color, tailored cut and woolen broadcloth fabric were masculine, the distinctive position of a woman in the saddle clearly marked her femininity.
