stygian

IPA: stˈɪdʒiʌn

noun

  • (science fiction) An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto).

adjective

  • (literary) Dark and gloomy.
  • (literary) Infernal or hellish.
  • (vision, of a perceived color) Having a luminosity below 0%.
  • Of, by or relating to the river Styx.
  • Of, by or relating to the moon Styx.
  • Alternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”) [Of, by or relating to the river Styx.]
  • Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish. [(literary) Dark and gloomy.]
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Examples of "stygian" in Sentences

  • The room is stygian and dark.
  • The night is stygian in desert.
  • The color of her eyes is stygian.
  • How do you know if it is stygian
  • The blackhole is probably stygian.
  • I see you've created stygian Iron.
  • However, stygian iron is much rarer.
  • He is feared as a major Stygian wizard.
  • I checked and saw that it is actually stygian.
  • In both he is feared as a major Stygian wizard.
  • I leap from the side of the bridge down toward the stygian water, which hurtles up to meet me.
  • Too many words Kevin, too many adjectives chased down the 'stygian' gloom of your thought processes.
  • The third stygian, who had entered while Conan was occupied, rose up, a brass dagger dripping with blood in each hand.
  • Voters, especially Republican voters, need to take note that many of your politicians have crossed the stygian River Batshit.
  • Sometimes, though, it's best simply to sit back and enjoy 99 minutes of stygian menace, grotesque humour and the coolest soundtrack in Hollywood history.
  • The production has its strengths – its stygian atmosphere, dispelled by pools of light; Cracknell's ability to marshal intense performances from her six-strong cast.
  • Soon the abyss, and the strange denizens that inhabit its stygian depths, will be filled with packs of tiny submarines piloted by hedge-fund managers and venture capitalists.
  • Entrances and exits were random, James F. Ingalls's lighting was mostly stygian and occasionally lurid, and several important interactions were staged entirely out of the light.

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