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Stygian
[ stij-ee-uhn ]
adjective
- of or relating to the river Styx or to Hades.
- dark or gloomy.
- infernal; hellish.
Stygian
/ ˈɪɪə /
adjective
- of or relating to the river Styx
- literary.
- dark, gloomy, or hellish
- completely inviolable, as a vow sworn by the river Styx
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰԲ-ٲⲵi· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Stygian1
Example Sentences
Sometimes we come to a fuller reckoning of ourselves through the most Stygian passageways.
He parked next to a dimly lit footbridge, which wobbled with our passage above a Stygian chasm.
Framed in Stygian iron, the magical portal was a set of elevator doors—two panels of silver and black etched with art deco designs.
The actors are shot in separate gloomy interiors, and from stationary positions, so as to appear in Stygian Zoom-like frames as if at a virtual meeting of hobbits.
The protagonist, Nephthys Kinwell, is, in one light, an alcoholic taxi driver, and, in another, a Stygian ferrywoman haunted by the violent death of her twin brother, Osiris.
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