'Sepulchral' definitions:
Definition of 'sepulchral'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to a sepulchre; "sepulchral inscriptions"; "sepulchral monuments in churches"
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" [syn: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
adjective
Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" [syn: funereal, sepulchral]
Definition of 'Sepulchral'
From: GCIDE
- Sepulchral \Se*pul"chral\, a. [L. sepulcralis: cf. F. s['e]pulcral.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice. [1913 Webster]
- This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. --H. Sweet. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sepulchral'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baritone,
- bass,
- cavernous,
- cinerary,
- contralto,
- deep,
- deep-echoing,
- deep-pitched,
- deep-toned,
- deepmouthed,
- dirgelike,
- dismal,
- epitaphic,
- exequial,
- feral,
- funebrial,
- funebrious,
- funebrous,
- funeral,
- funerary,
- funereal,
- grave,
- heavy,
- hollow,
- low,
- low-pitched,
- mortuary,
- mournful,
- necrological,
- obituary,
- obsequial,
- reverberant