sepulchral
adjective/səˈpʌlkrəl/
/səˈpʌlkrəl/
(literary)- looking or sounding sad and serious; making you think of death synonym funereal
- He spoke in sepulchral tones.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French sépulchral or Latin sepulchralis, from sepulcrum ‘burial place’, from sepelire ‘bury’.Definitions on the go
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