sepulchral
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Adjective (3)
- of or relating to a sepulchre“sepulchral inscriptions”“sepulchral monuments in churches”
- gruesomely indicative of death or the dead“a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”“ghastly shrieks”“the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs”Synonyms: charnelghastly
- suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial“funereal gloom”“hollow sepulchral tones”Synonyms: funereal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Se·pul′chral adjective
Origin: L. sepulcralis: cf. F. sépulcral.
1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.
2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; — said of sound, especially of the voice.
This exaggerated dulling of the voice... giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone.— Henry Sweet
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54