Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: stygian
IPA transcription: [st'ɪdʒiən]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian
    Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: Stygian
    Meaning: hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton
Usage examples
  • I saw a wide expanse of water, black as ink--a Stygian pool; but no rocks were visible, and it seemed as though I had been carried into a subterranean sea.