Tenebrous
/ˈtɛn.ɪ.bɹəs/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Dark and gloomy; obscure. also, figuratively, literary
"Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch,[…]"
Adjective
- 1 dark and gloomy wordnet
Example
More examples"Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch,[…]"
Etymology
] From Middle English tenebrose, from Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus), from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae (“darkness, shadows”).