acheronian

1. 1.

   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”

   SynonymsAcheronticStygian

   Similardark

Questions about acheronian

What does acheronian mean?

acheronian means "dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades".

How many syllables are in acheronian?

acheronian has 5 syllables: a-che-ro-ni-an. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for acheronian?

Close synonyms include Acherontic, Stygian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acheronian a common word?

acheronian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.