tenebrous
Adjective Satellite
- dark and gloomy
- "a tenebrous cave"
Adj
- Dark and gloomy; obscure.
Origin / Etymology
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From Middle English tenebrose, from Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus), from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae (“darkness, shadows”).
Synonyms
tenebrific, tenebrious, blear, caliginous, cimmerian, crepuscular, dark, darkling, darksome, dim, dimpsy, dingy, dull, dusky, fuliginous, gloomy, leaden, lightless, mirksome, murksome, murky, obscure, shady, somber, sombrous, stygian, sunless, swarthy, tenebrous, twilightish, umbrageous, unilluminated
Scrabble Score: 11
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