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Stygian

Stygian Meaning & Definition
Stygian Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stygian?

[adj] dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
[adj] hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stygian: Acheronian | Acherontic | dark | infernal

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Stygian In Webster's Dictionary

\Styg"i*an\, a. [L. Stygius, fr. Styx, Stygis, Gr. ?, ?, the Styx.] Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See {Styx}. At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng Bent their aspect. --Milton.

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