tenebrous

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ten·e·brous

T0104700 (tĕn′ə-brəs) also te·neb·ri·ous (tə-nĕb′rē-əs)adj. Dark and gloomy.

[Middle English, from Old French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae, darkness.]

ten′e·bros′i·ty (-brŏs′ĭ-tē) n.

tenebrous

(ˈtɛnəbrəs) or

tenebrious

adjgloomy, shadowy, or dark[C15: from Latin tenebrōsus from tenebrae darkness] tenebrosity, ˈtenebrousness, teˈnebriousness n

ten•e•brous

(ˈtɛn ə brəs)

also te•neb•ri•ous

(təˈnɛb ri əs)

adj. dark; gloomy; obscure. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tenebrōsus. See Tenebrae, -ous] ten′e•brous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

tenebrous - dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"tenebrific, tenebriousdark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"

Translations

tenebroso

tenebrous

ten·e·brous

tenebrous

tenebrious

ten•e•brous

also te•neb•ri•ous

tenebrous

Synonyms for tenebrous

adj dark and gloomy

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