1. Dark and gloomy: Lacking light or brightness and producing a dull, dark, or melancholy atmosphere.
2. Dark in color: Having a color or tone that is dark, dull, or suitable for a serious mood or occasion.
3. Serious and melancholy: Marked by or conveying strict seriousness combined with sadness or a troubled state of mind.
NOTE: Somber is the Canadian and UK spelling of this word. The American version is 'sombre'. The word originated from the Dutch word 'somber', which means about the same.
The state of being sober-ish implies one has the ability to move freely and with conviction beetween the states of sobriety and intoxication, being able to lose their pants but not their panties; and to be able to remember with accuracy why one got 86ed from a bar.
Get me a drink before last call i need to stay soberish so i can keep having fun till it's time to drive home.
something that is so indescribably boring, that it has the ability to strip the alcohol from a human body therefore rendering the person involved completely sober.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.