tenebroso

From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”).

• IPA^(key): /te.neˈbro.zo/, (traditional) /te.neˈbro.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bró‧so

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosi, feminine plural tenebrose)

1. dark, gloomy, creepy, anxiety-inducing
2. mysterious

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛ.nɛˈbroː.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪e.neˈbrɔː.s̬o]

tenebrōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tenebrōsus

Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae (“darkness”). Doublet of trevoso.

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bro‧so

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas, metaphonic)

1. dark, gloomy

   Synonym: trevoso

2. frightful

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador

3. tenebrous

• tenebrosamente

• trevas

From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”).

• IPA^(key): /teneˈbɾoso/ [t̪e.neˈβ̞ɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: te‧ne‧bro‧so

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas)

1. gloomy, dark, tenebrous

   Synonym: sombrío

• “tenebroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024