Stygian

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Gloomy and dark.
  • adj. Infernal; hellish.
  • adj. Of or relating to the river Styx.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Dark and gloomy.
  • adj. Infernal or hellish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the Styx, a river, according to the ancient myth, flowing around the lower world, the waters of which were used as a symbol in the most binding oaths of the gods.
  • Hence Infernal; hellish: as, Stygian vapors; a Stygian pool.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. hellish
  • adj. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
  • Equivalent
    infernal    dark   
    Variant
    Styx   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Phrygian   
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