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Stygian Meaning in English

word

ˈstɪdʒiən
STIJ-ee-uhn
ˈstɪdʒ.i.ən
STIJ-ee-uhn

परिभाषा

Extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding; often used to describe something as black as the River Styx in Greek mythology.

उपयोग और बारीकियां

Formal, literary, or poetic—rare in everyday speech. Often used to evoke a sense of myth, horror, or extremely deep darkness. Collocates with 'darkness', 'abyss', 'night', 'gloom'. Not used for ordinary darkness.

उदाहरण वाक्य

The cave was filled with stygian darkness.

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The stygian silence made everyone uneasy.

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The night was stygian, with no stars in the sky.

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His thoughts wandered through stygian memories he wished to forget.

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The power outage left them in a stygian world, searching for candles.

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Walking home that night, the alley felt almost stygian in its darkness.

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