tenebrous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective dark and gloomy

Etymology

] From Middle English tenebrose, from Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus), from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae (“darkness, shadows”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

tenebrific, tenebrious

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