December 10, 2026
Tenebrous
adjectiveDefinition
Dark and gloomy. Tenebrous writing creates an atmosphere of thick, unrelieved shadow.
Example Sentence
“The tenebrous gothic novel was set in a crumbling house where daylight never quite reached.”
Etymology
From Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae (darkness).
Scrabble Score
T1E1N1E1B3R1O1U1S1
TENEBROUS scores 11 points in Scrabble.
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