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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. hellish;
- Example: "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton

2. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades;
- Example: "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"
- Example: "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
[syn: Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stygian \Styg"i*an\ (st[i^]j"[i^]*an), a. [L. Stygius, fr. Styx,
   Stygis, Gr. Sty`x, Stygo`s, the Styx.]
   Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal.
   See Styx.
   [1913 Webster]

         At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng
         Bent their aspect.                       --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Stygian
    adj 1: hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave
           forlorn"- Milton
    2: dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades;
       "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate
       lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth [syn: Acheronian,
       Acherontic, Stygian]