Sepulchral (Adjective)

Meaning¹

Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

The abandoned mansion stood in sepulchral silence, its grandeur shrouded in an air of forgotten grief.
As she wandered through the old cemetery, the rustling of dry leaves and snapping of twigs created an eerie, sepulchral sound.
His deep, sepulchral voice sent shivers down her spine, a voice that seemed to emanate from the depths of the grave itself.
The poet's sepulchral musings on mortality hung heavy over the city like a funeral veil, dampening the vibrant street life.
The tunnel's cold, sepulchral air enveloped me, weighing heavily on my shoulders like a mournful requiem.

Synonyms

Funereal

Related Words

Sepulchre (noun)

Meaning²

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".