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Definition: gloomy, sullen, melancholy, or dejected in appearance or mood. We most often use somber these days to refer to a mood, but the word has had a number of, if you will excuse the word, shades of meaning over the years.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective tenebrous, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Jun 1, 2009 · What It Means. 1 : shut off from the light : dark, murky. 2 : hard to understand : obscure. 3 : causing gloom. tenebrous in Context. "A zigzag line of windows … cuts up from the base of the building, bringing light into its once-tenebrous interior." (Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post, September 28, 2008) Build your vocabulary!
Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus) from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae ("darkness, shadows").
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adjective. Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. How to define Tenebrous? Tenebrous definition, meaning and example sentences.
