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sepulchral

[ suh-puhl-kruhl ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
  2. of or relating to burial.
  3. proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
  4. hollow and deep:

    sepulchral tones.



sepulchral

/ sɪˈpʌlkrəl /

adjective

  1. suggestive of a tomb; gloomy
  2. of or relating to a sepulchre


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Derived Forms

  • seˈpulchrally, adverb

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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of sepulchral1

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

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Example Sentences

Wilde called on a sepulchral Jefferson Davis at his Mississippi Plantation.

One person described the atmosphere inside the network as “sepulchral.”

She laid the still white form beside those that had gone before, quoth Bobby, in sepulchral tone.

It was, indeed, a strange scene which was thus witnessed in these sepulchral caverns.

A valuable collection of sepulchral remains has been made and placed in the local museum.

It consists of a series of large and gloomy caverns utterly unlike the sepulchral crypts below.

In the Cloister garden of the Cathedral are preserved a tesselated pavement and the sepulchral slab of a Roman warrior.

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