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stygian meaning and definition

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STYGIAN adjective

Definition of Stygian (adjective)

  1. hellish
    • "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton
  2. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
    • "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
    • synonyms: Acheronian, Acherontic
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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