tenebrous
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ten·e·brous
(tĕn′ə-brəs) also te·neb·ri·ous (tə-nĕb′rē-əs)adj.
Dark and gloomy.
[Middle English, from Old French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae, darkness.]
ten′e·bros′i·ty (-brŏs′ĭ-tē) n.
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tenebrous
(ˈtɛnəbrəs) ortenebrious
adj
gloomy, shadowy, or dark
[C15: from Latin tenebrōsus from tenebrae darkness]
tenebrosity, ˈtenebrousness, teˈnebriousness n
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ten•e•brous
(ˈtɛn ə brəs)also te•neb•ri•ous
(təˈnɛb ri əs)adj.
dark; gloomy; obscure.
ten′e•brous•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | tenebrous - dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave" dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" |
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