Meaning

3 senses
  1. Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.

    of or relating to a sepulchre

  2. Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.

    Todes-, Grabes-, Toten-

    suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial

  3. Having a hollow and deep sound.

    düster, Grabes-

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
suggestive of grave:
hollow and deep:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin sepulcralis.

Learned borrowing from Latin sepulcralis.

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Forms

more sepulchral, most sepulchral
Comparativemore sepulchral Lesson
Superlativemost sepulchral Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial:funereal
  • gruesomely indicative of death or the dead:charnelghastly

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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