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Definition of tenebrous in English: tenebrousadjective ˈtɛnɪbrəsˈtɛnəbrəs literary Dark; shadowy or obscure. 〈诗/文〉暗的，黑暗的；晦涩的，难懂的 the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self Example sentencesExamples - The crew bunks in a decaying hotel with infinitely unfurling tenebrous corridors.
- His greatest scenes happen at night, and the characters in these tenebrous situations are seen, like specters, emerging from shadows.
- These girls were kept in tenebrous seclusion, suspended between life and death, until marriage.
- We have grown to expect people to be tenebrous, to be evil.
- I remember how I liked to feel his presence around me, to hear that deep, tenebrous voice.
Synonyms indistinct, faint, vague, ill-defined, unclear, blurred, blurry, misty, hazy, foggy, veiled, cloudy, clouded, nebulous, fuzzy
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae 'darkness'. Definition of tenebrous in US English: tenebrousadjectiveˈtenəbrəsˈtɛnəbrəs literary Dark; shadowy or obscure. 〈诗/文〉暗的，黑暗的；晦涩的，难懂的 the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self Example sentencesExamples - His greatest scenes happen at night, and the characters in these tenebrous situations are seen, like specters, emerging from shadows.
- These girls were kept in tenebrous seclusion, suspended between life and death, until marriage.
- We have grown to expect people to be tenebrous, to be evil.
- I remember how I liked to feel his presence around me, to hear that deep, tenebrous voice.
- The crew bunks in a decaying hotel with infinitely unfurling tenebrous corridors.
Synonyms indistinct, faint, vague, ill-defined, unclear, blurred, blurry, misty, hazy, foggy, veiled, cloudy, clouded, nebulous, fuzzy
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae ‘darkness’. |