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tenebrific

adjective ten·e·brif·ic \ˌte-nə-ˈbri-fik\

Definition of TENEBRIFIC

1
:  gloomy
2
:  causing gloom or darkness
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Origin of TENEBRIFIC

Latin tenebrae darkness
First Known Use: 1785

Related to TENEBRIFIC

Synonyms
black, caliginous, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, somber (or sombre), stygian, dark, tenebrous, unlit
Antonyms
bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous

Rhymes with TENEBRIFIC

anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, felicific, frigorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, scientific, soporific, South Pacific, sudorific

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