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Meaning of ACHERONTIC

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  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
 
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 Synonyms: Acheronian, dark, Stygian
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ach`e*ron"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy;
moribund.
 

 

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