Definitions for stygian

Overview of adj stygian

The adj stygian has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. Stygian

(hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton)

2. Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian

(dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth)