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- Dictionarytenebrous/ˈtɛnɪbrəs/
adjective
- 1. dark; shadowy or obscure: literary "the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self"
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Tenebrous means dark, murky, obscure, or causing gloom. It comes from the Latin word tenebrae, meaning "darkness". See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
adjective. dark; gloomy; obscure. Also: tenebrious (təˈnebriəs) Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. tenebrousness. noun. Word origin. [ 1375–1425; late ME ‹ L tenebrōsus. See Tenebrae, -ous]
The adjective tenebrous is a perfect way to describe something that's dark and creepy, like a weirdly shadowed room in a castle or a gloomy cave. You can also use tenebrous to talk about things that are figuratively dark, or obscure, like a tenebrous deal made between a city's mayor and the Mafia.
Tenebrous definition: dark; gloomy; obscure.. See examples of TENEBROUS used in a sentence.
Tenebrous means dark and gloomy, from Latin tenebrae, darkness. Find the pronunciation, translation, and antonyms of tenebrous in this online dictionary.
Tenebrous means being without light or without much light, or causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer. Find similar and opposite words, related articles, and examples of tenebrous usage.
Jun 2, 2024 · tenebrous (comparative more tenebrous, superlative most tenebrous) (literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure. [from 15th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus: dark
