Synonyms for stygian
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dark — dark and gloomy
dark, black, gloomy, somber US, sombre UK, sunless, cimmerian formal, sombrous, dusky, tenebrous formal, tenebrose, obscure, dim, murky, dingy, darksome formal, unilluminated, caliginous formal dated
2. Infernal — infernal or hellish
infernal, hellish, subtartarean, helly dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Infernal or hellish.
- adj. 2
Dark and gloomy.
Related words
- Word family
- stygobiont
- Is a kind of
- chimerical
Example sentences
- somber We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
- dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
- infernal "It's a lie!" he shouted, "an infernal lie!"
- hellish It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.
By length
- 3 letters
- dim1
- 4 letters
- dark1
- 5 letters
- black1, murky2, dusky, dingy2, helly
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, somber2, sombre
- 7 letters
- obscure2, hellish2, sunless
- 8 letters
- infernal3, darksome, sombrous
- 9 letters
- cimmerian, tenebrous3, tenebrose
- 10 letters
- caliginous, acherontic
- 12 letters
- subtartarean
- 13 letters
- unilluminated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murky2 = 2 syllables).