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tenebrous

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ten·e·brous  (tn-brs) also te·neb·ri·ous (t-nbr-s)
adj.
Dark and gloomy.
[Middle English, from Old French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrsus, from tenebrae, darkness.]
tene·brosi·ty (-brs-t) n.
tenebrous [ˈtɛnəbrəs], tenebrious [təˈnɛbrɪəs]
adj
gloomy, shadowy, or dark
[from Latin tenebrōsus from tenebrae darkness]
tenebrosity  [ˌtɛnəˈbrɒsɪtɪ], tenebrousness, tenebriousness n
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Adj.1.tenebrous - dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"
tenebrific, tenebrious
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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