Sepulchral

Definition of Sepulchral

Se`pul´chral
a.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.
2.Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; - said of sound, especially of the voice.
This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone.
- H. Sweet.

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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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