English Explanatory Dictionary

Acherontic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to or resembling Acheron (one of the rivers located in the underworld according to ancient Greek mythology).
  2. Of or pertaining to hell.
  3. Lacking joy and comfort; nearing death.
adj
  1. Alternative form of Acherontic.

Word forms

Acherontic acherontical

Synonyms

hellish infernal Plutonian Tartarean Acherontic Hadean helly Plutonic stygian subtartarean bleak cheerless dismal gloomy lugubrious moribund
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