Definition of Tenebrious

1. Adjective. Dark and gloomy. "A tenebrous cave"

Exact synonyms: Tenebrific, Tenebrous
Similar to: Dark

Definition of Tenebrious

1. a. Tenebrous.

Definition of Tenebrious

1. Adjective. (alternative form of tenebrous) ¹

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Definition of Tenebrious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenebrious

tendring
tendron
tendrons
tendry
tends
tendu
tendus
tene
tenebrae
tenebrific
tenebrificous
tenebrio
tenebrionid
tenebrionids
tenebrios
tenebrious
tenebrism
tenebrisms
tenebrist
tenebristic
tenebrists
tenebrose
tenebrosity
tenebrous
tenebrously
tenebrousness
tenebrousnesses
tenectomy
teneliximab
tenement

Literary usage of Tenebrious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Tenebrious light ' is in Young, Night Though», Night 9,1. 966. The latter ii a false form. — F. ténébreux, ' tene- brous ..."

2. A Voice from the Nile and Other Poems by James Thomson, Bertram Dobell (1884)
"Worcester Webster, into which I looked a day or two after your letter came, agrees as to tenebrious and ruth ; I forgot to look in it for ..."

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