stygian

IPA: stˈɪdʒiʌn

(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.]

Examples of "stygian" in Sentences

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.