Synonyms for tenebrose
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dark — dark, tenebrous
black, dark, dim, sunless, tenebrous formal, unilluminated, dusky, dingy, stygian, cimmerian formal, darksome formal, gloomy, murky, somber US, sombre UK, infernal, rayless, caliginous formal dated
2. Obscure — obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible
obscure, enigmatic, inscrutable, fathomless, incomprehensible
3. Pagan — morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized
pagan, barbarous, uncultured, grim dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dark, tenebrous.
- adj. 2
Obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
- adj. 3
Morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
Example sentences
- dim In the dim light, Tom saw someone approaching him.
- dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
- enigmatic She's a strange, enigmatic and inspiring poet.
- inscrutable She looked at him with an inscrutable expression.
By length
- 3 letters
- dim1
- 4 letters
- dark1, grim1
- 5 letters
- black1, pagan2, murky2, dusky, dingy2
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, somber2, sombre
- 7 letters
- obscure2, sunless, stygian3, rayless
- 8 letters
- infernal3, darksome
- 9 letters
- enigmatic4, barbarous3, cimmerian, tenebrous3
- 10 letters
- uncultured, fathomless, caliginous
- 11 letters
- inscrutable4
- 13 letters
- unilluminated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pagan2 = 2 syllables).