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SEPULCHRAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
Example:
hollow sepulchral tones
Synonyms:
funereal; sepulchral
Classified under:
Similar:
joyless (not experiencing or inspiring joy)
Derivation:
sepulchre (a chamber that is used as a grave)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
Example:
the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to a sepulchre
Example:
sepulchral monuments in churches
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sepulchre (a chamber that is used as a grave)
Derivation:
sepulchre (a chamber that is used as a grave)
