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comparative more sepulchral, superlative most sepulchral
Relating to a grave or to death; funereal. examples
Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn. quotations examples
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.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], part I, page 214
Over and over I found myself visiting homes where the predominant feeling was sepulchral, dusty, and deserted […]
1999, Cheryl Mendelson, Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House, New York: Scribner, page 6
Having a hollow and deep sound. quotations examples
'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.
1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, page 367