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Definition of Stygian in English: Stygianadjective ˈstɪdʒɪənˈstɪdʒiən 1Relating to the River Styx in Greek mythology. (与)冥河(有关)的 - 1.1literary Very dark.
〈诗/文〉极黑暗的,黑洞洞的 黑洞洞的地窖。 Example sentencesExamples - The star-nosed mole, operating in the Stygian darkness of its burrow, can detect the presence of a tasty tidbit, such as an insect larva or tiny worm.
- The darkness of their hearts is infinite, Stygian - black as an adder, or Hitler's mustachios.
- The gleaming steel catches the sunlight, casting a play of sparkling reflections and shadows into the Stygian, subterranean depths.
- Shall thou, unburied, view the Stygian waters and the Furies' strong river, and unbidden draw near the bank?
- Light is drawn down into the bowels of this Stygian labyrinth through a series of vertical shafts that extend upwards to a plateau-like terrace wedged into the hillside at roof level.
Synonyms dark, black, pitch-black, pitch-dark, inky, sooty, dusky, dim, murky, shadowy, unlit gloomy, sombre, dismal, dreary, hellish, infernal, Hadean literary crepuscular, tenebrous, Cimmerian, Tartarean, caliginous
Rhymescallipygian, Cantabrigian, Phrygian Definition of Stygian in US English: Stygianadjectiveˈstɪdʒiənˈstijēən 1Relating to the Styx River. (与)冥河(有关)的 - 1.1literary Very dark.
〈诗/文〉极黑暗的,黑洞洞的 黑洞洞的地窖。 Example sentencesExamples - The darkness of their hearts is infinite, Stygian - black as an adder, or Hitler's mustachios.
- Shall thou, unburied, view the Stygian waters and the Furies' strong river, and unbidden draw near the bank?
- The gleaming steel catches the sunlight, casting a play of sparkling reflections and shadows into the Stygian, subterranean depths.
- Light is drawn down into the bowels of this Stygian labyrinth through a series of vertical shafts that extend upwards to a plateau-like terrace wedged into the hillside at roof level.
- The star-nosed mole, operating in the Stygian darkness of its burrow, can detect the presence of a tasty tidbit, such as an insect larva or tiny worm.
Synonyms dark, black, pitch-black, pitch-dark, inky, sooty, dusky, dim, murky, shadowy, unlit
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