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Stygian

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darknounHaving an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
infernalnounOf or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
acherontic(figurative) Of or pertaining to hell.
acheronianOf or pertaining to Acheron.

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WordDefinition
acherontic(figurative) Of or pertaining to hell.
acheronianOf or pertaining to Acheron.
infernalnounOf or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
darkHaving an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
wherrynoun(countable) A light ship used to navigate inland waterways.
tenebrous(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.
murkyHard to see through, as a fog or mist.
darksome(literary, poetic) Characterized by darkness; gloomy, obscure.
gloomful(archaic or poetic) gloomy
grimdarknoun(literature) The literary genre of speculative fiction that is amoral, dystopian, or violent.
gloomySuffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
tenebriousAlternative form of tenebrous. [(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.]
gutterynounThe part of an abattoir used for emptying the gut of its contents; tripery.
sombrousGloomy; sombre.
sombreDark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
caliginousnoun(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
gloomishGloomy.
cimmeriannoun(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.
tenebroseDark, tenebrous.
gloomyishSomewhat gloomy.

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