Tenebrous |  |
adjective | 1. Dark; shadowy or obscure. |
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 | "The basement was a creepy, tenebrous cavern until I turned the lights on, and my fears went away." | "We'll uncover the tenebrous secrets of the Romantic-era poets this semester." | "The woods have a tenebrous quality that makes me think of certain fairy tales." |
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 | French, mid-15th century |
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 | Why say "tenebrous" when you could say "dark"? The two words are synonyms, after all — the adjective "tenebrous" comes from the Latin for "darkness," "tenebrae." ... |  |
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