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tenebrific
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
tenebrific
a. 1 gloomy 2 obscure
WordNet
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.