Words For Fear And Dread

1 words in this vocabulary list

adjective relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology; dark, gloomy, or forbidding

  • The cave was filled with a Stygian darkness that seemed to swallow all light.
  • The room was so dark, it felt like a Stygian pit.
  • I hate going into that Stygian basement, it gives me the creeps.
  • His mood was as Stygian as the storm clouds overhead.