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Sepulchral Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Sepulchral has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of or relating to a sepulchre

"sepulchral inscriptions"

"sepulchral monuments in churches"

2

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

suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial

"funereal gloom"

"hollow sepulchral tones"

4

Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.

Example Sentences
"sepulchral inscriptions" adjective
"sepulchral monuments in churches" adjective
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones" adjective
"ghastly shrieks" adjective
"the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" adjective
"funereal gloom" adjective
"hollow sepulchral tones" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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