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STYGIAN Synonyms

15 synonyms for stygian. (exact relations)
0 hypernym for stygian. (close relations)

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black

adverb, noun, adjective

adv, n, adj

adjective

• being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

• of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

noun

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

• British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

• popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

• total absence of light

• (board games) the darker pieces

• a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

• black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

adjective satellite

• marked by anger or resentment or hostility

• offering little or no hope

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

• (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

• extremely dark

• harshly ironic or sinister

• (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

• distributed or sold illicitly

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• (of coffee) without cream or sugar

• soiled with dirt or soot

verb

• make or become black

dark

adjective

adj

adjective

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

noun

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

adjective satellite

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

dim

verb, adverb, adjective

v, adv, adj

adjective

• made dim or less bright

adjective satellite

• lacking in light; not bright or harsh

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• offering little or no hope

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

verb

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• become dim or lusterless

• make dim or lusterless

• make dim by comparison or conceal

• become vague or indistinct

dismal

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• causing dejection

ebony

noun, adjective

n, adj

noun

• a very dark black

• hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

• tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

adjective satellite

• of a very dark black

gloomy

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

inky

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• of the color of black ink

murky

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• dark or gloomy

obscure

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

verb

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

pitch-black

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• extremely dark

shadowy

adverb, adjective

adv, adj

adjective satellite

• filled with shade

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• lacking in substance

somber

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character

tenebrous

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• dark and gloomy

acheronian

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades

acherontic

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades

Alternatives for BLACK

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