- Serving to obscure or darken.
- Gloomy; dark.
[Latin tenebrae, darkness + -FIC.]
tenebrific
Dictionary:
ten·e·brif·ic (tĕn'ə-brĭf'ĭk)  |
| Thesaurus: tenebrific |
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1) gloomy 2) causing gloom or darkness
it brightens the tenebrific scene - Robert Burns
| WordNet: tenebrific |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
dark and gloomy
Synonyms: tenebrous, tenebrious
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