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What is the adjective for tenebrious?

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tenebrose
  1. Dark; tenebrous.
  2. (figuratively) obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
  3. (figuratively) morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
  4. (figuratively) gloomy.
tenebricose
  1. (obsolete) tenebrous; dark; gloomy
tenebristic
  1. Of or suggesting the artistic style of tenebrism.
tenebrious
  1. Alternative form of tenebrous
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Inside he gazed through a long vista under a roof lost in tenebrious shadow.”
      “No life-problem need remain unsolved with their bright spears to drive the tenebrious mists before them.”
tenebrous
  1. dark and gloomy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Heavens burst into torrential rain, and thunder rumbled across the tenebrous night sky.”
      “The drypoint not only enriches the shadows and velvety surfaces, but also contributes to the mysterious, tender, tenebrous mood of the print.”
      “His tenebrous response is perhaps indicative of a man that was neither invested nor well-versed in national security policy at the time.”
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