Hellish (7 letters)

{ Answer }

STYGIAN

{ Related Clues }

Gloomy

{ Tags }

gloomy, hellish, stygian

{ Notes }

The answer STYGIAN is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2900 puzzles.

{ Definition }

STYGIAN as an adjective:

1. hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton

2. (Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian) = 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"-Wordsworth