English Explanatory Dictionary

tenebrose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Dark, tenebrous.
  2. Obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
  3. Morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
  4. Gloomy.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛnɪbɹəʊs/ /ˈtɛnəbɹoʊs/

Word forms

tenebrose more tenebrose most tenebrose

Etymology

From Middle English tenebrose, from Old French tenebros, from Latin tenebrōsus (“dark, gloomy”).

Synonyms

cimmerian darksome stygian blear caliginous crepuscular dark darkling dim dimpsy dingy dull dusky fuliginous gloomy infernal leaden lightless mirksome murky murksome obscure shady somber sombrous sunless swarthy tenebrose tenebrous twilightish umbrageous unilluminated enigmatic fathomless inscrutable abstruse Chinese dense Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable retruse thick undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable
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