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Tenebrific

Tenebrific \Ten`e*brif"ic\, a. [L. tenebrae darkness + facere to make.] Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.

It lightens, it brightens, The tenebrific scene.
--Burns.

Where light Lay fitful in a tenebrific time.
--R. Browning.

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tenebrific

a. 1 gloomy 2 obscure

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tenebrific

adj. dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave" [syn: tenebrous, tenebrious]

Usage examples of "tenebrific".

As he strained his eyes he gradually made out the flickering red stain of a fire, seen intermittently, now and then obscured by the great boles of the oaks and yews that lurked like mute giants in the tenebrific shadows.