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Stygian Common

Stygian has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

hellish

"Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"

2

dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades

"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"

"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"

3

Alternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”)

4

Of, by or relating to the river Styx.

Example Sentences
"Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn" adjective
"in the depths of an Acheronian forest" adjective
"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ian sian jian bian rian dian qian kian vian xian gian lian asian elian brian ilian apian arian avian chian
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