tenebrific

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tenebrific
    adj 1: dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave" [syn: {tenebrous},
           {tenebrific}, {tenebrious}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tenebrific \Ten`e*brif"ic\, a. [L. tenebrae darkness + facere to
   make.]
   Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.
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         It lightens, it brightens,
         The tenebrific scene.                    --Burns.
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         Where light
         Lay fitful in a tenebrific time.         --R. Browning.
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