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sepulchral a. 墳墓的,埋葬的 墳墓的,埋葬的 sepulchral adj 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" [ synonym: { charnel}, { ghastly}, { sepulchral}] 3: suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; " funereal gloom"; " hollow sepulchral tones" [ synonym: { funereal}, { sepulchral}] Sepulchral \ Se* pul" chral\, a. [ L. sepulcralis: cf. F. s[' e] pulcral.] 1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice. [ 1913 Webster] This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. -- H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " sepulchral": baritone, bass, cavernous, cinerary, contralto, deep, deep- echoing, deep- pitched, deep- toned, deepmouthed, dirgelike, dismal, epitaphic, exequial, feral, funebrial, funebrious, funebrous, funeral, funerary, funereal, grave, heavy, hollow, low, low- pitched, mortuary, mournful, necrological, obituary, obsequial, reverberant
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