Synonyms for tenebrous
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dark and gloomy; obscure.
Related words
- Other spellings
- tenebrious
Example sentences
- murky Stefan dived and disappeared into the murky water.
- somber We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
- dusky He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
- dingy Lacking proper lighting, Tammy's room was depressingly dingy.
By length
- 3 letters
- dim1
- 4 letters
- dark1, dull1
- 5 letters
- black1, murky2, dusky, dingy2
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, somber2, sombre
- 7 letters
- obscure2, sunless, stygian3, rayless
- 8 letters
- infernal3, darkling, darksome, sombrous
- 9 letters
- cimmerian, tenebrose
- 10 letters
- tenebrific, caliginous
- 13 letters
- unilluminated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murky2 = 2 syllables).