Tenebrific \Ten`e*brif"ic\, a. [L. tenebrae darkness + facere to make.] Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy. It lightens, it brightens, The tenebrific scene. --Burns. Where light Lay fitful in a tenebrific time. --R. Browning.
tenebrific adj : dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave" [syn: {tenebrous}, {tenebrious}]