Acherontic adj 1: 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 [syn: {Acheronian}, {Acherontic}, {Stygian}]
Acherontic \Ach`e*ron"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. [1913 Webster]