tartarous

/ˈtɑrtərəs/
adjective
  1. Relating to or resembling Tartarus, the underworld in Greek mythology; extremely dark, gloomy, or hellish.
    • The storm clouds gathered in a tartarous mass, blocking all sunlight.
    • The abandoned mine had a tartarous atmosphere that made explorers uneasy.
    • In the poem, the hero descends into a tartarous realm of eternal darkness.
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