Translations for „Stygian“ in the English » German Dictionary

Styg·ian [ˈstɪʤiən] ADJ liter

Stygian

stygisch form poet

Stygian

finster

Stygian depression

schlimme Depression

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Stygian depression

schlimme Depression

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

As a near-death survivor and the show's resident Stygian ferryman, his words take on an ominous tone.

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You could easily disappear in the wintry mist outdoors, or in the Stygian darkness of the growing sheds.

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He was a wild card that held no allegiance to any of the four major players in the war for Stygian.

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Analysis of the only "colossal squid" ever systematically dissected suggests its enormous eyes are adapted to detect "really large moving objects" in the Stygian depths.

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The trombones double the vocal lines, creating an unearthly Stygian quality of sound.

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There it is again at night, a Stygian valley framed by the twilit hulks of the city rearing all around.

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Operating in this Stygian gloom, most of us just point to the third dish down and hope for the best.

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Brutal and dismal in each down-spiralling turn and Stygian twist of its plot, this film indicts the war on drugs as a relentlessly macho, end-justifies-any-means, pointless battle.

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