Stygian : (무섭도록) 새까만, 몹시 어두운, 무섭도록 기분나쁜, 어둑한, 침울한, 비관적인, 지옥같은, (깰수 없는)맹세, 선서
The River Styx : 삼도천(저승의 강)
1)
stygian, this is an adjective, meaning belonging to the river styx
the river styx in mythology, in ancient Greek mythology is the river that separates earth from the underworld
when you die, you have to cross the river styx. I think Romans were normally buried with a coin in their mouth to pay the ferry man to take them across the river styx
the river styx is the river that goes that runs between the Earth the Gaia and the underworld
2)
so stygian, we use it to mean dark, gloomy, infernal, hellish
stygian gloom, it's the dark and gloomy
the stygian light of the cave
the stygian crypt
it's dark gloomy, hell-like
this is a really good word for a horror story ro something like that
extremely unpleasant, extremely dark
the stygian underworld of inner city crime, there I've used it metaphorically
tenebrous, with shadows
stygian gloom, stygian darkness
it's pitch, sticky, black, inky, dim
the stygian blackness of a night without a moon
in the stygian darkness, I could feel the spirits moving backwards and forwards
the future looks very stygian
it looks very gloomy
stygian darkness of our ignorance
this word stygian is quite unusual
he had this stygian view of the world
he felt locked into stygian attitudes within his mind
3)
notice as wel, the river styx, you were supposed to swear oaths on the river styx and therefore stygian can actually also means a promise that cannot be broken. because it's been made on the river styx
that is to do with classics as well. but normally dark, gloomy, hellish, very depressing
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