OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 10608

sepulchral

/səˈpʌlkɹəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sepulcral
Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.
He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.
Over and over I found myself visiting homes where the predominant feeling was sepulchral, dusty, and deserted […]
sepulcral
Having a hollow and deep sound.
'The Master of Krikkit,' said Slartibartfast again, and if his breathing had been sepulchral before, this time he sounded like someone in Hades with bronchitis.
As for your treatment of ME," concluded Uncle Tinfish, almost having another disaster to his vocal chords at the thought of it, "I wash my hands of you, sir - I renounce you - I "…
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