-ian

Usage

• stygian

  A stygian place is extremely and unpleasantly dark, gloomy, and frightening.

• draconian

  Draconian rules and laws are extremely strict and harsh.

• stentorian

  A stentorian voice is extremely loud and strong.

• authoritarian

  An authoritarian system, such as a government or military school, demands obedience from its subjects and allows them no individual say.

• riparian

  The adjective riparian refers or relates to the bank of a river or other natural waterway.