dungeon

Speech parts

1. dungeon - Noun

2. dungeon - Verb

Meaning

A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.

To shut up in a dungeon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

keep donjon fort brig penitentiary bastille chamber tower gaol POW camp pokey cell hold fortress lockup
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Antonyms

liberty shack free release headland freedom
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Hypernyms

cell fastness stronghold jail cell prison cell

Hyponyms

oubliette

Phrases with the word

in dungeon dungeon-keeper

Examples

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self! Nathaniel Hawthorne

He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day; But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. John Milton

Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart. Norman Mailer

Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game. Gary Gygax

It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon. Yugoslav Proverb

The very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and my chains fell off. African American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Dungee Dungeness Dungeness crab dungeon crawl dungeon crawler dungeon master