sepulchral
adjective
se·pul·chral
sə-ˈpəl-krəl 
also -ˈpu̇l-
1
: of or relating to a sepulchre
sepulchral inscriptions
2
: suited to or suggestive of a sepulchre : funereal
spoke in sepulchral whispers
Synonyms
- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- chill
- Cimmerian
- cloudy
- cold
- comfortless
- dark
- darkening
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- dreich [chiefly Scottish]
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grey
- lonely
- lonesome
- lugubrious
- miserable
- morbid
- morose
- murky
- plutonian
- saturnine
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- sullen
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- wretched
Examples of sepulchral in a Sentence
the decrepit mansion had a sepulchral tone that gave everyone a chill
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The effect made his hushed, crackly voice feel like a wood-carving tool shaving images into sepulchral mists.
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Short and broad with sepulchral eyes, Karrenna wore a bucket hat, polo shirt, shorts, and flip-flops.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
For the occasion, the Shed’s Griffin Theater greets guests with an antechamber cast in sepulchral light and hung with wall size images from Sakamoto’s life.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 25 June 2023
The lighting is sepulchral, the air dank.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Short and broad with sepulchral eyes, Karrenna wore a bucket hat, polo shirt, shorts, and flip-flops.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
For the occasion, the Shed’s Griffin Theater greets guests with an antechamber cast in sepulchral light and hung with wall size images from Sakamoto’s life.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 25 June 2023
The lighting is sepulchral, the air dank.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
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“Sepulchral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sepulchral. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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sepulchral
adjective
se·pul·chral
sə-ˈpəl-krəl
1
: of or relating to the burial of the dead
2
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