What is another word for dantean?

Pronunciation: [dˈanti͡ən] (IPA)

Dantean is an adjective often used to describe something that is related to Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet and writer who wrote the epic poem "The Divine Comedy." It can also be used to describe something that is hellish or nightmarish in nature. However, if you are looking for synonyms for Dantean, you can use words like infernal, hellish, Stygian, dark, abyssal, or macabre. Each of these words has similar connotations to Dantean and can be used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dante's work or style. So, next time you want to describe something as Dantean, consider using one of these synonyms instead.

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What are the hypernyms for Dantean?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Dantean

Or who, that can really read, can open a volume of Mr. Booth's severely statistical Survey of London, with all its studious reserve, its scientific repression, without seeing between its lines the dantean circles; happy if he can sometimes read them upward as well as down?
"Civics: as Applied Sociology"
Patrick Geddes
In true dantean form, politics stood in the way of its construction in 1938. Ironically this literature-inspired building can itself most easily be found in book form.
"Divine-Comedy-Longfellow-s-Translation-Complete"
Dante Alighieri
Here he made, also, acquaintances among the Italians,-especially the Duke of Sermoneta, the dantean scholar, and Monsignore Nardi, of the papal court.
"Italy, the Magic Land"
Lilian Whiting

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