Dungeonlike vs. Dungeon

Dungeonlikeadjective

Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon

Dungeonnoun

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

Dungeonnoun

(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.

Dungeonnoun

(obsolete) A shrewd person.

Dungeonnoun

(games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.

Dungeonnoun

(BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Dungeonverb

(transitive) To imprison in a dungeon.

Dungeonnoun

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

‘Down with him even into the deep dungeon.’; ‘Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon.’;

Dungeonverb

To shut up in a dungeon.

Dungeonnoun

the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

Dungeonnoun

a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

Dungeon

A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period.