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adj
Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek, Roman
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: Hadean, Plutonic, Plutonical, Acherontic, infernal, hellish, helly, Plutonian, stygian, subtartarean, Tartarean
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: plutonic, cimmerian, tenebrous, dismal, melancholic, blear, caliginous, crepuscular, dark, darksome, darkling, dim, dimpsy, dingy, dull, dusky, fuliginous, gloomy, infernal, leaden, lightless, mirksome, murky, murksome, obscure, shady, somber, sombrous, stygian, sunless, swarthy, tenebrose, twilightish, umbrageous, unilluminated, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen, cut up, damp, dejected, depressed, despondent, disgruntled, disconsolate, disheartened, doleful, dolesome, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, downsome, elegiac, elegious, forlorn, glum, grief-stricken, grieving, heavy-hearted, heartsore, heartsick, inconsolable, infelicitous, jawfallen, joyless, lachrymose, lamentful, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, lumpish, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, morose, mournful, passionate, plaintive, Plutonian, querulous, ruthful, sad, saddened, saturnine, shattered, solemn, sombre, sorrowful, sorrow-ridden, sorrowsome, spiritless, sullen, threnetic, threnetical, triste, tristful, uncheerful, uncheery, unconsolable, unhappy, unlively, wistful, woe, woebegone, woeful, wretched
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Synonym of plutonic (“of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: abyssal, intrusive, plutonic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Synonym of plutonic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, historical
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: plutonic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto (dwarf planet).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A proponent of plutonism; a plutonist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: Neptunian, Neptunist
noun
A person under the astrological influence of Pluto, (dwarf planet).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An inhabitant of the dwarf planet Pluto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Hadean, Tartarean
Antonyms: none provided
History
The adjective is derived from Latin Plūtōnius (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Plūtōnius is from Ancient Greek Πλουτώνιος (Ploutṓnios, “of or relating to Pluto”), from Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonien (modern French plutonien). The noun is derived from the adjective.
From Pluto (“dwarf planet in the Solar System”) + -n- + -ian (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘from, related to, or like’, or nouns meaning ‘one belonging to, relating to, or like’), probably influenced by Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (see etymology 1).
Across languages
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