"sepulchral" in the adjective sense
1. sepulchral
of or relating to a sepulchre
"sepulchral inscriptions"
"sepulchral monuments in churches"
2. charnel, ghastly, sepulchral
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"
3. funereal, sepulchral
suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
"funereal gloom"
"hollow sepulchral tones"
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