Heavenly ire / ne'er sent a pest more loathsome; ne'er were seen / worse plagues to issue from the Stygian mire.
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Stygian
Synonyms for "stygian" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 18 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- donker adj (dark, gloomy)
- somber adj (dark, gloomy)
Albanian
1 entries- errët adj (dark, gloomy)
Armenian
3 entries- դժոխային adj (infernal or hellish)
- մռայլ adj (dark and gloomy)
- մռայլ adj (dark, gloomy)
Bulgarian
3 entries- адски adj (infernal or hellish)
- мрачен adj (dark and gloomy)
- тъмен adj (dark and gloomy)
Catalan
1 entries- estigi adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
Czech
3 entries- podsvětní adj (infernal or hellish)
- styžský adj (infernal or hellish)
- temný adj (dark and gloomy)
Dutch
2 entries- hels adj (infernal or hellish)
- infernaal adj (infernal or hellish)
Finnish
2 entries- helvetillinen adj (infernal or hellish)
- synkkä adj (dark and gloomy)
French
1 entries- stygien adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
German
4 entries- duster adj (dark and gloomy)
- duster adj (dark, gloomy)
- düster adj (dark and gloomy)
- düster adj (dark, gloomy)
Italian
1 entries- stigio adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
Latin
2 entries- Stygius adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
- stygius adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
Portuguese
1 entries- estígio adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
Russian
4 entries- а́дский adj (infernal or hellish)
- мра́чный adj (dark and gloomy)
- стиги́йский adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
- чёрный adj (dark and gloomy)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- doilleir adj (dark and gloomy)
- ifrinneach adj (infernal or hellish)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stigijski adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
- стигијски adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
Spanish
1 entries- estigio adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
Swedish
3 entries- dunkel adj (dark and gloomy)
- dyster adj (dark and gloomy)
- stygisk adj (of, or relating to the river Styx)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye […]
Source: wiktionary
Within all was black as the tomb. [...] Feeling before him upon the floor with the butt of his spear, Tarzan entered the Stygian gloom.
Source: wiktionary
Stygians – natives of Styx
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