STYGIAN
(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"
synonyms : acheronian , acherontic(adj.) hellish
"Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"
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Mnemonics for stygian
(Tag: ) stygian... think it as one living in a sty(pen for pigs) .. it is expected to be be disgusting and therefore dark or dismal
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(Tag: ) stygian sounds like sky + agyan. i.e., hell.
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(Tag: ) The main river that flows in HELL is STYX...hell is a very dark and gloomy place.
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(Tag: ) Angelina Jolie as GIA(the model.. google it). Gia had a tragic career.Her favourite spot to snort cocaine was in a pig STY and that made her burn like HELL on the Inside.
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(Tag: Bangla & Hindi) Sky+Agun=hell.
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(Tag: ) sounds like stingy. Rahul was a stingy pesron. He was always in gloom whenever he spend money
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(Tag: ) Sounds like "stitch you in!" Imagine being stitched into a body bag and thrown in a dark and dismal pit!
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(Tag: hindi) jinko STYle ka GIAN(knowledge) nahi hota,woh stygian hote hain
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(Tag: A Christmas Carol) "The darkness was cheap and Scrooge liked it." Scrooge's quarters were dark because he was so stingy.
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(Tag: ) Satan giant lives in gloomy and dark place
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(Tag: ) i knew an agyaani that thought hell was in sky, and heaven was below us
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