as in darkened
being without light or without much light
lost in the stygian reaches of the deep forest
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Recent Examples of stygian
But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 Dec. 2024
On the credit side of the ledger, the stygian interior decor is brightened at night by the neonesque instrument and secondary-control lighting—blue and red—and the cabin is commendably quiet at most operating speeds.
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Tony Swan,
Car and Driver,
3 June 2023
In the last half of 1934, glimmers of daylight peaked through the stygian blackness and, and 1935, the downward trajectory began to reverse itself and tick upward.
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Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2023
Predators that eat the banana-sized birds include peregrine falcons, stygian owls and arboreal snakes.
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Jill Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Feb. 2023
Did this rodent revenant cross a stygian void to haunt us yet again?
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Jon Chesto,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 Dec. 2022
Streaks should start cutting through the stygian sky starting at midnight.
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Joe Mario Pedersen,
orlandosentinel.com,
11 Aug. 2021
When his tiny friend Trinket devises a scheme for their escape from the orphanage, Arthur embarks on a quest through a wild wood and into the stygian corridors of a subterranean city to solve the mystery of his origins.
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Meghan Cox Gurdon,
WSJ,
29 Sep. 2017
After a five-minute ride through the stygian darkness, the barge eases up to a low dock.
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Wayne Curtis,
WIRED,
30 May 2017
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 Dec. 2024
On the credit side of the ledger, the stygian interior decor is brightened at night by the neonesque instrument and secondary-control lighting—blue and red—and the cabin is commendably quiet at most operating speeds.
—
Tony Swan,
Car and Driver,
3 June 2023
In the last half of 1934, glimmers of daylight peaked through the stygian blackness and, and 1935, the downward trajectory began to reverse itself and tick upward.
—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2023
Predators that eat the banana-sized birds include peregrine falcons, stygian owls and arboreal snakes.
—
Jill Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Feb. 2023
Did this rodent revenant cross a stygian void to haunt us yet again?
—
Jon Chesto,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 Dec. 2022
Streaks should start cutting through the stygian sky starting at midnight.
—
Joe Mario Pedersen,
orlandosentinel.com,
11 Aug. 2021
When his tiny friend Trinket devises a scheme for their escape from the orphanage, Arthur embarks on a quest through a wild wood and into the stygian corridors of a subterranean city to solve the mystery of his origins.
—
Meghan Cox Gurdon,
WSJ,
29 Sep. 2017
After a five-minute ride through the stygian darkness, the barge eases up to a low dock.
—
Wayne Curtis,
WIRED,
30 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stygian
Adjective
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
Adjective
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As its name suggests, the product is formulated with skin care superstar retinol to smooth fine lines and crow’s feet and brighten dark circles.
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El Floridita and Sloppy Joe’s, tourist destinations made famous by American novelist Ernest Hemingway, sat dark and shuttered.
Adjective
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More than a year later, the origin of the document remains murky.
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By the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.
Adjective
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In October 2025, Schumer shared an Instagram photo of herself wearing a black button-down minidress with coordinating heels.
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But when Natalie Portman wore a pair of sleek black sneakers last summer, I was forced to rethink that.
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“Stygian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stygian. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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