plutonian
adjective
plu·to·ni·an
plü-ˈtō-nē-ən 
often capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Pluto or the lower world : infernal
Synonyms
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- Cimmerian
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- saturnine
- sepulchral
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of plutonian in a Sentence
the rows of abandoned, boarded-up tenement houses made for a rather plutonian landscape
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The morning of April 1, 1976, Moore announced on a BBC radio station that at 9:47 am, Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, creating the Jovian-Plutonian Gravitational Effect.
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National Geographic, 31 Mar. 2016
His most recent discoveries, the two tiny Plutonian satellites, were named with the help of a popular vote.
—Nadia Drake, WIRED, 15 July 2013
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National Geographic, 31 Mar. 2016
His most recent discoveries, the two tiny Plutonian satellites, were named with the help of a popular vote.
—Nadia Drake, WIRED, 15 July 2013
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“Plutonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plutonian. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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plutonian
adjective
plu·to·ni·an
plü-ˈtō-nē-ən
often capitalized
: of, relating to, or like Pluto or the lower world : infernal
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