What does tenebrous mean?

tenebrous means "dark and gloomy".

How many syllables are in tenebrous?

tenebrous has 3 syllables: ten-e-brous. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnəbɹəs/.

What is another word for tenebrous?

Close synonyms include tenebrific, tenebrious. 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 tenebrous a common word?

tenebrous 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.

Tenebrous — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
dark and gloomy
“a tenebrous cave”
Synonymstenebrific tenebrious
Similardark

Questions about tenebrous

What does tenebrous mean?: tenebrous means "dark and gloomy".
How many syllables are in tenebrous?: tenebrous has 3 syllables: ten-e-brous. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnəbɹəs/.
What is another word for tenebrous?: Close synonyms include tenebrific, tenebrious. 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.

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