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Definition of tenebrosity in English: tenebrositynoun tɛnəˈbrɒsɪtitenəˈbräsədē mass nounliterary The quality of being dark or shadowy. Example sentencesExamples - Mr. Baldwin was joined by Mr. Asquith in his condemnation of the tenebrosity of the Government statements.
- Whirling around, Maria scrutinised the tenebrosity stretching before her.
- The tenebrosity was split by occasional strands of bright light that were now lying across her cheek, her chest, her legs and her ankles.
- In this vast emptiness and profound tenebrosity, no images could be formed.
- The moonlight glistened across the endless tenebrosity that surrounded the ship in the late hours of the night.
Synonyms dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French ténébrosité, from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae 'darkness'. Definition of tenebrosity in US English: tenebrositynountenəˈbräsədē literary The quality of being dark or shadowy. Example sentencesExamples - The tenebrosity was split by occasional strands of bright light that were now lying across her cheek, her chest, her legs and her ankles.
- In this vast emptiness and profound tenebrosity, no images could be formed.
- Whirling around, Maria scrutinised the tenebrosity stretching before her.
- Mr. Baldwin was joined by Mr. Asquith in his condemnation of the tenebrosity of the Government statements.
- The moonlight glistened across the endless tenebrosity that surrounded the ship in the late hours of the night.
Synonyms dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French ténébrosité, from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae ‘darkness’. |