stygian

What does stygian mean?

stygian means "hellish". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stygian?

stygian has 3 syllables: styg-i-an. The stress falls on "styg". In IPA it is /ˈstɪdʒiən/.

What is another word for stygian?

Close synonyms include Acheronian, Acherontic. 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 stygian a common word?

stygian 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for stygian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.