| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx. |
| Adj. | 1. | Stygian - hellish; "Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton |
| 2. | Stygian - dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth Synonyms: Acheronian, Acherontic |
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