Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

caliginous

[kuh-lij-uh-nuhs] / kəˈlɪdʒ ə nəs /
ADJECTIVE
dark
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

A caliginous floating video of a glassy black horse eye blinks perpetually on the home page.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2021

The only signpost was a list of names and room numbers tacked to a corkboard, so I found mine and rollerbagged down the building’s spooky, caliginous hallways until I tracked down my assigned spot.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2011

To the first two movies' clinking, clanking, clattering collections of caliginous junk, adds what has become a go-to staple of Hollywood fantasy: the retro-conspiracy theory.

From Time Jun. 29, 2011

"Then what is this clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk babbling about?" she sneered.

From Abducted to Oz by Evans, Bob

Were one content, like Gibbon, to take one's history like snuff there would be to hand a mass of caliginous detail with which to cause shuddering in the unsuspecting reader.

From She Stands Accused by MacClure, Victor




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training