sepulchral
of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
of or relating to burial.
proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
hollow and deep: sepulchral tones.
Origin of sepulchral
1Other 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 MillerOn the almost barren chimney-piece stood a pair of tall nankeen beakers, sepulchrally reminiscent of buried Chinese years.
The ghosts of their ancestors | Weymer Jay Mills“Right,” responded Maxwell, in a voice which issued sepulchrally from the iron globe.
Under the Waves | R M BallantyneCome, 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
/ (sɪˈpʌlkrəl) /
suggestive of a tomb; gloomy
of or relating to a sepulchre
Derived forms of sepulchral
- sepulchrally, adverb
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