plutonian

plu·to·ni·an

adjective, often capitalized \plü-ˈtō-nē-ən\

Definition of PLUTONIAN

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Pluto or the lower world : infernal

Examples of PLUTONIAN

1. <the rows of abandoned, boarded-up tenement houses made for a rather plutonian landscape>

First Known Use of PLUTONIAN

1667

Related to PLUTONIAN

Synonyms

black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, gloomy, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched

Antonyms

bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny

Related Words

blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woeful; dim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsetting; desperate, hopeless, pessimistic; lamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful; colorless, drab, dull; dour, grim, lowering (also louring), lowery (also loury), menacing, negative, oppressive, threatening

Near Antonyms

blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful; encouraging, hopeful, optimistic; lighthearted, lightsome

Rhymes with PLUTONIAN

aeonian, Antonian, Baconian, Bergsonian, Bostonian, Capetonian, chelonian, Clactonian, demonian, Devonian, draconian, Estonian, Etonian, favonian, Galtonian, Gladstonian, gorgonian, Gorgonian, Houstonian, Ionian, Jacksonian, Johnsonian, Jonsonian, Miltonian, Newtonian, Oxonian, Petronian, Samsonian, Wilsonian