tenebrific
adjective
ten·e·brif·ic ˌte-nə-ˈbri-fik 
1
: gloomy
2
: causing gloom or darkness
Synonyms
- black
- caliginous
- dark
- darkened
- darkish
- darkling
- darksome
- dim
- dimmed
- dusk
- dusky
- gloomy
- lightless
- murky
- obscure
- obscured
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- rayless
- somber
- sombre
- stygian
- tenebrous
- unlit
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Example Sentences
a man unexpectedly emerged from the tenebrific shadows of the cave soldiers who had lived for months in the tenebrific trenches that stretched along the western front
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin tenebrae "darkness" + Latin -i- -i- + -ficus -fic — more at tenebrae
First Known Use
1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1
tenebrific
adjective
1
as in darkened
being without light or without much light a man unexpectedly emerged from the tenebrific shadows of the cave Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- darkened
- dark
- murky
- black
- dusky
- obscured
- obscure
- unlit
- darkling
- dusk
- dimmed
- stygian
- darksome
- somber
- lightless
- rayless
- dim
- darkish
- gloomy
- caliginous
- tenebrous
- pitchy
- sombre
- shadowlike
- pitch-dark
- crepuscular
- pitch-black
- twilit
- gray
- moonless
- shady
- lackluster
- misty
- shadowy
- starless
- dulled
- fuliginous
- sunless
- clouded
- pale
- cloudy
- dull
- grey
- foggy
- leaden
- smoggy
- beclouded
- soupy
- befogged
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- light
- brilliant
- luminous
- bright
- lighted
- shining
- illuminated
- lit
- sparkling
- lucent
- lucid
- incandescent
- radiant
- lightsome
- illumined
- alight
- glaring
- resplendent
- glowing
- brightened
- relucent
- effulgent
- lambent
- shiny
- beaming
- beamy
- glossy
- lustrous
- aglitter
- highlighted
- moonlit
- ultrabright
- ablaze
- agleam
- sunlit
- floodlighted
- spotlit
- moony
- spotlighted
- starlit
- floodlit
2
as in darkening
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer soldiers who had lived for months in the tenebrific trenches that stretched along the western front Synonyms & Similar Words
- darkening
- dark
- lonely
- bleak
- depressing
- somber
- depressive
- desolate
- cold
- gray
- lonesome
- blue
- solemn
- murky
- morbid
- black
- elegiacal
- miserable
- chill
- wretched
- sad
- depressed
- dismal
- grey
- dire
- gloomy
- cheerless
- elegiac
- sepulchral
- godforsaken
- lugubrious
- funereal
- forlorn
- disconsolate
- morose
- saturnine
- plutonian
- oppressive
- melancholy
- drear
- dreary
- sullen
- comfortless
- glum
- cloudy
- tenebrous
- sunless
- sombre
- desperate
- negative
- unhappy
- down
- dreich
- Cimmerian
- discouraging
- woeful
- woebegone
- low
- hopeless
- dull
- mournful
- melancholic
- dim
- dejected
- distressing
- inconsolable
- mirthless
- upsetting
- discomfiting
- dismaying
- droopy
- menacing
- grim
- hangdog
- dispiriting
- distressful
- disheartening
- loury
- pessimistic
- sorrowful
- lamentable
- despondent
- plaintive
- lowering
- lowery
- drab
- threatening
- colorless
- dour
- louring
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- friendly
- gay
- bright
- cheerful
- festive
- cheery
- comforting
- cordial
- gay
- joyous
- joyful
- merry
- sunshiny
- jolly
- optimistic
- blithesome
- blithe
- encouraging
- cheering
- mirthful
- buoyant
- hopeful
- heartwarming
- jocund
- lighthearted
- lightsome