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sepulchral

adj
/səˈpʌlkɹəl/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sepulcralis.

  1. learned borrowing from sepulcralis

Definitions

  1. Relating to a grave or to death

    Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.

  2. Suggestive of a grave or of death

    Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.

    • He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.
    • Over and over I found myself visiting homes where the predominant feeling was sepulchral, dusty, and deserted […]

  3. Having a hollow and deep sound.

    • 'The Master of Krikkit,' said Slartibartfast again, and if his breathing had been sepulchral before, this time he sounded like someone in Hades with bronchitis.

The neighborhood

Derived

sepulchralize, sepulchrally, unsepulchral

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA