Associations to the word «Sepulchral»

Wiktionary

SEPULCHRAL, adjective. Suggestive of a grave
SEPULCHRAL, adjective. Hollow and deep.

Dictionary definition

SEPULCHRAL, adjective. Of or relating to a sepulchre; "sepulchral inscriptions"; "sepulchral monuments in churches".
SEPULCHRAL, adjective. 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".
SEPULCHRAL, adjective. Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones".

Wise words

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