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STYGIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Stygian mean?
• STYGIAN (adjective)
The adjective STYGIAN has 2 senses:
1. hellish
2. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
Familiarity information: STYGIAN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hellish
Context example:
Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn
Similar:
infernal (being of the underworld)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
Synonyms:
Acheronian; Acherontic; Stygian
Context example:
upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
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