tenebrific

Adjective Satellite

dark and gloomy

Adj

Producing darkness, obscuring; (loosely) gloomy.

Examples

Tenebrific stars were once thought to be the source of darkness during the night.

Origin / Etymology

From New Latin tenebrificus, from Latin tenebrae (“darkness”) + -i- + -ficus (“making, causing”).

Synonyms

tenebrious, tenebrous

Scrabble Score: 17

tenebrific: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tenebrific: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tenebrific: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

tenebrific: valid Words With Friends Word