He afterwards remembered to the hour of his death, that when the hand of his sister, by which she supported herself on the pillion behind him, touched his own, it felt as wet and cold as sepulchral marble.
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Sepulchral
//səˈpʌlkɹəl//
Synonyms for "sepulchral" (39 found)
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Related words (19)
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Translations
20 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- гробовен adj (suggestive of grave)
- гробовен adj (hollow and deep)
Catalan
1 entries- sepulcral adj (suggestive of grave)
Esperanto
1 entries- sepulteja adj (suggestive of grave)
Finnish
1 entries- hautamainen adj (suggestive of grave)
French
1 entries- sépulcral adj (suggestive of grave)
German
4 entries- Grabes adj (suggestive of grave)
- Grabes adj (hollow and deep)
- Todes adj (suggestive of grave)
- Toten adj (suggestive of grave)
Latin
1 entries- sepulcralis adj (suggestive of grave)
Polish
4 entries- cmentarny adj (suggestive of grave)
- grobowy adj (suggestive of grave)
- grobowy adj (hollow and deep)
- nagrobkowy adj (suggestive of grave)
Spanish
2 entries- sepulcral adj (suggestive of grave)
- sepulcral adj (hollow and deep)
Swedish
1 entries- gravlik adj (suggestive of grave)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
Over and over I found myself visiting homes where the predominant feeling was sepulchral, dusty, and deserted […]
Source: wiktionary
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 " Uncle Tinfish's voice was suddenly lowered to a tone of sepulchral hollowness.
Source: wiktionary
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