US /sɪˈmɪriən/ UK /sɪˈmɪəriən/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    very dark or gloomy, as in perpetual darkness

    They groped through the cimmerian depths of the cavern.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · very dark or gloomy, as in... darkgloomymurkytenebrousstygianshadowy
Opposites

Etymology

From Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Kimmérios, the name of a mythical people said by Homer to dwell in perpetual darkness and mist.

View etymology graph ->

Topics

markdown

Send feedback

Optional — only if you'd like a reply.