1Relating to the River Styx in Greek mythology.

1. 1.1literary Very dark.
   〈诗/文〉极黑暗的，黑洞洞的
   the Stygian crypt

   黑洞洞的地窖。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The star-nosed mole, operating in the Stygian darkness of its burrow, can detect the presence of a tasty tidbit, such as an insect larva or tiny worm.
   • The darkness of their hearts is infinite, Stygian - black as an adder, or Hitler's mustachios.
   • The gleaming steel catches the sunlight, casting a play of sparkling reflections and shadows into the Stygian, subterranean depths.
   • Shall thou, unburied, view the Stygian waters and the Furies' strong river, and unbidden draw near the bank?
   • Light is drawn down into the bowels of this Stygian labyrinth through a series of vertical shafts that extend upwards to a plateau-like terrace wedged into the hillside at roof level.

   Synonyms

   dark, black, pitch-black, pitch-dark, inky, sooty, dusky, dim, murky, shadowy, unlit

   gloomy, sombre, dismal, dreary, hellish, infernal, Hadean

   literary crepuscular, tenebrous, Cimmerian, Tartarean, caliginous