different between somber vs simber

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?/

Adjective

somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

Verb

somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre

References

• somber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• somber in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• bromes, ombres, sombre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)

Inflection

Derived terms

• somberaar
• somberen
• somberheid
• sombermans

English

Verb

simber (third-person singular simple present simbers, present participle simbering, simple past and past participle simbered)

1. Obsolete form of simmer.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 82:

     " […] that their vital heat and moisture may not always onely simber in one sluggish tenour, but sometimes boil up higher and seethe over […] "

Anagrams

• IBMers, bismer