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Stygian Sty‧Gi‧An ˈstɪdʒiən Adjective Noun Literary Unpleasantly Dark

Front stygian
Back Sty‧gi‧an /ˈstɪdʒiən/ adjective [usually before noun] literary
unpleasantly dark, and making you feel nervous or afraid:
the Stygian gloom

【ORIGIN】From the Styx, the river in the underworld which the souls of the dead had to cross in Greek myth.
• 源自 Styx 一词,即希腊神话中死人的灵魂必须渡过的冥河。

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