"stygian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ən/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-stygian.ogg [US] Forms: more stygian [comparative], most stygian [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin stygius, from Ancient Greek Στύγιος (Stúgios, “relating to Styx”), from Στύξ (Stúx, “Styx, chief river of underworld”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|stygius}} Latin stygius, {{uder|en|grc|Στύγιος||relating to Styx}} Ancient Greek Στύγιος (Stúgios, “relating to Styx”), {{m|grc|Στύξ||Styx, chief river of underworld}} Στύξ (Stúx, “Styx, chief river of underworld”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} stygian (comparative more stygian, superlative most stygian)
  1. Alternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Stygian (extra: of or relating to the river Styx) Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-stygian-en-adj-6NsO5T2f Disambiguation of Vision: 54 20 6 19
  2. (literary) Dark and gloomy. Tags: literary Translations (dark and gloomy): մռայլ (mṙayl) (Armenian), тъмен (tǎmen) (Bulgarian), мрачен (mračen) (Bulgarian), temný (Czech), synkkä (Finnish), düster (German), duster (German), мра́чный (mráčnyj) (Russian), чёрный (čórnyj) (Russian), doilleir (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-stygian-en-adj-iRfb8Ika Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 52 4 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 54 6 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 54 8 28 Disambiguation of 'dark and gloomy': 1 96 2 1
  3. (literary) Infernal or hellish. Tags: literary Translations (infernal or hellish): դժոխային (džoxayin) (Armenian), адски (adski) (Bulgarian), styžský (Czech), podsvětní (Czech), hels (Dutch), infernaal (Dutch), helvetillinen (Finnish), а́дский (ádskij) (Russian), ifrinneach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-stygian-en-adj-O6Nom8Qa Disambiguation of 'infernal or hellish': 1 2 95 1
  4. (vision, of a perceived color) Having a luminosity below 0%.
    Sense id: en-stygian-en-adj-ztrplxwV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: chimerical Coordinate_terms: hyperbolic, self-luminous

Alternative forms

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