Cim·me·ri·an
sə-ˈmir-ē-ən 
: very dark or gloomy
under ebon shades … in dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell—
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: any of a mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in a remote realm of mist and gloom
Synonyms
Adjective
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- plutonian
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of Cimmerian in a Sentence
Adjective
a wealthy recluse who lived in Cimmerian isolation in a decaying Victorian mansion
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Adjective
Morrissey and Bowne teamed up again for 1985’s Mixed Blood, a Cimmerian look at New York street life in which John Leguizamo made his film debut; and 1988’s Spike of Bensonhurst, a comedy about an amateur boxer that relied heavily on Italian and Irish American stereotypes.
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“Cimmerian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cimmerian. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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