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(adjective) extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding; refers to the River Styx of the underworld Hades in Greek mythology;

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They come by infernal and Stygian IRT subway

—p.142 Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open (127) by David Foster Wallace
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9 years, 4 months ago


Everyone has an air of déjà vu about them, and they float like shadows over the waters of the Styx.

oddly gorgeous prose

—p.25 by Jean Baudrillard
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8 years, 9 months ago


A few inveterate smokers went out into the waiting room, but returned at once, driven back by the Stygian darkness.

—p.257 by Ingmar Bergman
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1 year, 1 month ago


she and Sam made their way down a Stygian stretch of Amsterdam Avenue

—p.107 INFLUENCES (61) by Gabrielle Zevin
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2 years, 2 months ago


Bathed in this warm glow, a young woman named Ashli lay sleeping, impervious to the stygian immensity of her surroundings

—p.50 What Do You Desire? (27) by Emily Witt
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7 years, 5 months ago