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词汇 tenebrous
释义

Definition of tenebrous in English:

tenebrous

adjective ˈtɛnɪbrəsˈtɛnəbrəs
literary
  • Dark; shadowy or obscure.

    〈诗/文〉暗的,黑暗的;晦涩的,难懂的

    the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The crew bunks in a decaying hotel with infinitely unfurling tenebrous corridors.
    • His greatest scenes happen at night, and the characters in these tenebrous situations are seen, like specters, emerging from shadows.
    • These girls were kept in tenebrous seclusion, suspended between life and death, until marriage.
    • We have grown to expect people to be tenebrous, to be evil.
    • I remember how I liked to feel his presence around me, to hear that deep, tenebrous voice.
    Synonyms
    indistinct, faint, vague, ill-defined, unclear, blurred, blurry, misty, hazy, foggy, veiled, cloudy, clouded, nebulous, fuzzy

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae 'darkness'.

Definition of tenebrous in US English:

tenebrous

adjectiveˈtenəbrəsˈtɛnəbrəs
literary
  • Dark; shadowy or obscure.

    〈诗/文〉暗的,黑暗的;晦涩的,难懂的

    the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His greatest scenes happen at night, and the characters in these tenebrous situations are seen, like specters, emerging from shadows.
    • These girls were kept in tenebrous seclusion, suspended between life and death, until marriage.
    • We have grown to expect people to be tenebrous, to be evil.
    • I remember how I liked to feel his presence around me, to hear that deep, tenebrous voice.
    • The crew bunks in a decaying hotel with infinitely unfurling tenebrous corridors.
    Synonyms
    indistinct, faint, vague, ill-defined, unclear, blurred, blurry, misty, hazy, foggy, veiled, cloudy, clouded, nebulous, fuzzy

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae ‘darkness’.

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