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stygian
/ˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ən/
adj 7noun 1
Collocations
3VERB + STYGIAN
entered, issue
STYGIAN + NOUN
darkness, gloom, mire
PREP.
from, from
Definitions
adj
1
Alternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”).
2
Infernal or hellish.
3
Dark and gloomy.
The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye […]
4
Having a luminosity below 0%.
adj
1
Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.
2
Of, by or relating to the Plutonian moon named after Styx.
3
Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.
Within all was black as the tomb. [...] Feeling before him upon the floor with the butt of his spear, Tarzan entered the Stygian gloom.
noun
1
An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto).
Stygians – natives of Styx
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
- acheronian
- acherontic
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye […]
Wiktionary02
Within all was black as the tomb. [...] Feeling before him upon the floor with the butt of his spear, Tarzan entered the Stygian gloom.
Wiktionary03
Stygians – natives of Styx
Wiktionary04
Heavenly ire / ne'er sent a pest more loathsome; ne'er were seen / worse plagues to issue from the Stygian mire.
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