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sepulchral
adjective se·pul·chral \sə-ˈpəl-krəl also -ˈpu̇l-\
: very sad and serious : very dismal or gloomy
: of or relating to a sepulchre
Full Definition of SEPULCHRAL
1
: of or relating to a sepulchre <sepulchral inscriptions>
2
: suited to or suggestive of a sepulchre : funereal <spoke in sepulchral whispers>
— se·pul·chral·ly \-krə-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of SEPULCHRAL
1615
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- Synonyms
- black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, gloomy, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched
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