stygian /ˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ən/ adjective3 •(literary, figurative) Infernal or hellish. •Having a luminosity below 0%. •(literary, figurative) Dark and gloomy.The things which the Stygian darkness hid from my objective eye […] — 1913 formsmore stygian · most stygian
Stygian /ˈstɪd͡ʒiən/adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.But then, what though the mystic Three Around me ply their merry trade? — And Charon soon may carry me Across the gloomy Stygian glade? — 1897 •Of, by or relating to the Plutonian moon named after Styx. noun1 •An inhabitant of Styx (a moon of Pluto). formsStygians · more Stygian · most Stygian