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STYGIAN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
Example:
upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue
Synonyms:
Acheronian; Acherontic; Stygian
Classified under:
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hellish
Example:
Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn
Classified under:
Similar:
infernal (being of the underworld)
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