Stygian

  • 21Stygian — Styg·i·an || stɪdʒɪən n. of or pertaining to the river Styx; dark, gloomy; hellish, terrible …

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  • 22stygian — staying …

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  • 23Stygian — [ stɪdʒɪən] adjective literary very dark. Origin from the River Styx, an underworld river in Greek mythology …

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  • 24stygian — a. 1. Hellish, infernal, diabolical. 2. Dark, Cimmerian, tenebrous, sunless, sombre, gloomy, murky …

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  • 25stygian — styg·ian …

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  • 26Stygian — UK [ˈstɪdʒɪən] / US adjective mainly literary dark and frightening …

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  • 27Stygian — Styg•i•an [[t]ˈstɪdʒ i ən[/t]] adj. 1) myt of or pertaining to the river Styx or to the underworld of Greek and Roman myth 2) (often l.c.) dark or gloomy 3) (often l.c.) infernal; hellish • Etymology: 1560–70; < L Stygi(us) < Gk Stýgios… …

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  • 28stygian — /ˈstɪdʒiən/ (say stijeeuhn) adjective 1. Classical Mythology of or relating to the lower world river Styx, over which the souls of the dead were ferried. 2. dark; gloomy. 3. infernal; hellish. {Latin Stygius (from Greek Stygios) + an} …

  • 29Stygian —   a. pertaining to Styx, river of the mythical underworld; murky; applied to solemn, unbreakable vow …

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  • 30Stygian — adj. 1 (in Greek mythology) of or relating to the Styx, a river in Hades. 2 literary dark, gloomy, indistinct. Etymology: L stugius f. Gk stugios f. Stux ugos Styx f. stugnos hateful, gloomy …

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