tenebrious
- adjective
- /ˌtɛnəˈbriəs/
- Archaic
:
tenebroso
- Ayla woke often during the night, and her eyes were open as the first morning glow crept in through the smoke hole and sent its faint illuminating fingers into the tenebrious crannies to disperse the dark and bring the hidden shapes out of the concealing shadows.
Examples
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In the tenebrious corners of the room, old furniture gathered dust and shadows.
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To speak in terms of choice for journeys that are motivated by such tenebrious conditions is simply misleading.
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I am tenebrous, or tenebrious if you prefer, it's all the same.
Fiction book (1997) -
The forest looked tenebrious under the thick, dark clouds, making it feel eerie and foreboding.
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As they walked through the tenebrious alley, they felt a chill creeping up their spines.
Synonyms
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2.3
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
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5.1
Hard to see or understand because it is not clear
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Dark and full of shadows that make a place feel gloomy
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9.9
Dark and gloomy in a way that makes you feel uncertain or afraid
Dark and gloomy in a way that makes a place feel scary
A place that is dark and misty and feels gloomy
Very dark, almost black, in color or very sad and gloomy
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
Full of shade from trees
Dark and gloomy like a place where dead people live
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
tenebrious = tenebrous (semi-transparent) = tenebr + ous
The relation to the adjective 'tenebrous' is direct in meaning, but the form is a rare/orthographic variant and the root is not a productive familiar English morpheme for most learners.
Etymology
Tenebrious comes from the Latin root tenebrae, which means 'darkness'. So, tenebrious describes places or things that are 'dark and gloomy'.