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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tenebrose en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɛnəbɹoʊs/ (General-American)
  • /ˈtɛnɪbɹəʊs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English tenebrose, from Old French tenebros, from Latin tenebrōsus (“dark, gloomy”).

Meanings

  1. (uncommon) Dark, tenebrous.
  2. (figuratively, uncommon) Obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
  3. (figuratively, uncommon) Morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
  4. (figuratively, uncommon) Gloomy.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most tenebrose Degree=Sup lexicographic
more tenebrose Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

barbarious · murky · cimmerian · untutored · leaden · lack-learning · uncultured · lay · unlearnt · unmindful · dull · shady · dusky · pagan · Greek · uplandish · unilluminated · mirksome · inapprehensible · uncivil · heathenous · ungraspable · dim · unread · insoluble · sunless · cimmerian · fathomless · clueless · heathenly · infernal · obscure · fuliginous · unschooled · dingy · unerudite · dimpsy · stygian · abstruse · uncultured · dense · wolfish · uncultured · nescient · tenebrose · dark · crepuscular · unaware · tenebrose · unknowable · innocent · uninformed · dingy · incomprehensible · murksome · ignorant · uncultivated · ununderstandable · somber · adumbral · incivil · unscholarly · heathenish · unlettered · insolvable · unexplainable · savage · brutal · inexplicable · blear · impenetrable · illiterate · Gothlike · enigmatic · inscrutable · swarthy · ineffable · darkling · nonunderstandable · truculent · untrained · undecipherable · darksome · animalistic · barbarous · benighted · unknowing · gloomy · uncivilized · unknowledgeable · stygian · lewd · unlearned · enigmatic · pagan · uncouth · tenebrose · tenebrous · inenubilable · philistine · dusky · mysterious · thick · uncultivated · caliginous · cimmerian · ill-informed · unwitting · sombrous · umbrageous · dim · tenebrose · uneducated · grim · unintelligible · heathen · inscrutable · retruse · barbarian · loreless · brutish · barbarous · unfathomable · lightless · insensible · fathomless · undiscoverable · barbaric · foolish · obscure · bottomless · oblivious · unenlightened · untaught · Chinese · Gothic · twilightish · incognizable · darksome