sepulchral

[ suh-puhl-kruhl ]
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.

  2. of or relating to burial.

  1. proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.

  2. hollow and deep: sepulchral tones.

Origin of sepulchral

1
From the Latin word sepulcrālis, dating back to 1605–15. See sepulcher, -al1

Other words from sepulchral

  • se·pul·chral·ly, adverb
  • trans·se·pul·chral, adjective
  • un·se·pul·chral, adjective
  • un·se·pul·chral·ly, adverb

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How to use sepulchral in a sentence

  • Sepulchrally he spake some words which Nita repeated after him through stiff white lips, her eyes dilated with horror.

    They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
  • On the almost barren chimney-piece stood a pair of tall nankeen beakers, sepulchrally reminiscent of buried Chinese years.

  • “Right,” responded Maxwell, in a voice which issued sepulchrally from the iron globe.

    Under the Waves | R M Ballantyne
  • Come, Job, my good friend, you must not talk so sepulchrally.

    Cradock Nowell, Vol. 3 (of 3) | Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • "The veil for me," chorused the two younger men, sepulchrally.

    The Eddy | Clarence L. Cullen

British Dictionary definitions for sepulchral

sepulchral

/ (sɪˈpʌlkrəl) /


adjective
  1. suggestive of a tomb; gloomy

  2. of or relating to a sepulchre

Derived forms of sepulchral

  • sepulchrally, adverb

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