sepulchral

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪˈpʌlkrəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/səˈpʌlkrəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sə pul′krəl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
se•pul•chral /səˈpʌlkrəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. of or relating to tombs or to burial.
  2. sad, depressing, or mournful.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
se•pul•chral  (sə pul′krəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.
  2. of or pertaining to burial.
  3. proper to or suggestive of a tomb;
    funereal or dismal.
  4. hollow and deep:sepulchral tones.
  • Latin sepulcrālis. See sepulcher, -al1
  • 1605–15
se•pul′chral•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sepulchral /sɪˈpʌlkrəl/ adj
  1. suggestive of a tomb; gloomy
  2. of or relating to a sepulchre
seˈpulchrally adv
'sepulchral' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
charnel - grave - cenotaph - cist - columbarium - gisant - tomb

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