tenebrific

The word “tenebrific” has 4 syllables: ten-e-brif-ic

It's pronounced as /ˌtɛn.əˈbrɪf.ɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for tenebrific?

In the thesaurus, “tenebrific” has 126 synonyms and 64 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tenebrific along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tenebrific

  • Cimmerian
  • beclouded
  • befogged
  • black
  • bleak
  • blue
  • caliginous
  • cheerless
  • chill
  • clouded
  • cloudy
  • cold
  • colorless
  • comfortless
  • crepuscular
  • dark
  • darkened
  • darkening
  • darkish
  • darkling
  • darksome
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • desperate
  • despondent
  • dim
  • dimmed
  • dire
  • discomfiting
  • disconsolate
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dismal
  • dismaying
  • dispiriting
  • distressful
  • distressing
  • dour
  • down
  • drab
  • drear
  • dreary
  • dreich
  • droopy
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dusk
  • dusky
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • foggy
  • forlorn
  • fuliginous
  • funereal
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • godforsaken
  • gray
  • grey
  • grim
  • hangdog
  • hopeless
  • inconsolable
  • lackluster
  • lamentable
  • leaden
  • lightless
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • louring
  • loury
  • low
  • lowering
  • lowery
  • lugubrious
  • melancholic
  • melancholy
  • menacing
  • mirthless
  • miserable
  • misty
  • moonless
  • morbid
  • morose
  • mournful
  • murky
  • negative
  • obscure
  • obscured
  • oppressive
  • pale
  • pessimistic
  • pitch-black
  • pitch-dark
  • pitchy
  • plaintive
  • plutonian
  • rayless
  • sad
  • saturnine
  • sepulchral
  • shadowlike
  • shadowy
  • shady
  • smoggy
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sorrowful
  • soupy
  • starless
  • stygian
  • sullen
  • sunless
  • tenebrous
  • threatening
  • twilit
  • unhappy
  • unlit
  • upsetting
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • wretched

Antonyms for tenebrific

Example Sentences

  • The novel's tenebrific atmosphere added to its haunting allure.
  • A tenebrific fog covered the town, making everything seem eerie and surreal.
  • His paintings are known for their tenebrific use of shadows and dark tones.
  • The director crafted a tenebrific scene that left the audience in silent awe.
  • Her voice carried a tenebrific tone that sent chills down their spines.

On this page you'll find 190 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tenebrific, such as: Cimmerian, ablaze, agleam, aglitter, alight, beaming, beamy.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

lackluster

saddening

  • acheronian
  • acherontic
  • aching
  • achy
  • affecting
  • afflicting
  • afflictive
  • agitating
  • agonizing
  • ailing
  • arduous
  • awful
  • bad
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • biting
  • black
  • bleak
  • blue
  • bothering
  • burdening
  • burning
  • calamitous
  • cantankerous
  • caustic
  • cheerless
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • concerning
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • crushing
  • dark
  • dashing
  • daunting
  • dejected
  • dejecting
  • demoralizing
  • deplorable
  • depressant
  • depressed
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • despondent
  • destroyed
  • difficult
  • dire
  • disagreeable
  • disastrous
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • disconsolate
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dismal
  • dismaying
  • dispirited
  • dispiriting
  • disquieting
  • distasteful
  • distressful
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • down
  • down and out
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • downbeat
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • drab
  • dragged
  • dreadful
  • drear
  • dreary
  • droopy
  • dull
  • dusky
  • excruciating
  • exercising
  • extreme
  • extremely bad
  • funereal
  • getting down
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • grave
  • grief-stricken
  • grievous
  • grim
  • grousing
  • grumpy
  • hapless
  • hard
  • harrowing
  • have the blahs
  • heart-rending
  • heart-wrenching
  • heartbreaking
  • heartrending
  • heavy
  • heavy-hearted
  • hopeless
  • hurtful
  • hurting
  • in blue funk
  • inflamed
  • irritated
  • joyless
  • laborious
  • lachrymose
  • lamentable
  • lamenting
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lugubrious
  • melancholic
  • melancholy
  • mirthless
  • miserable
  • moody
  • moony
  • mopey
  • morose
  • mournful
  • moving
  • nagging
  • oppressing
  • oppressive
  • out of sorts
  • pathetic
  • pensive
  • perturbing
  • piercing
  • piteous
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • poignant
  • raw
  • regrettable
  • rueful
  • sad
  • saddened
  • sensitive
  • serious
  • severe
  • shabby
  • sharp
  • smarting
  • somber
  • sore
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • stinging
  • tear-jerking
  • tearful
  • teary
  • tedious
  • tender
  • tenebrific
  • terrible
  • throbbing
  • tormenting
  • torn-up
  • torturing
  • touching
  • tragic
  • trite
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • trying
  • uncomfortable
  • undoing
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unhinging
  • unnerving
  • unpleasant
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsettling
  • upsetting
  • vexatious
  • wailing
  • weighing down
  • wet blanket
  • wistful
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • worrying
  • wretched

caliginous

dark

darkened


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