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Stygian

DEFINITIONS OF: Stygian

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adj dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades

“"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth”
Synonyms:
Acheronian, Acherontic
dark
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

adj hellish

“"Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton”
Synonyms
infernal
being of the underworld
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