sepulchral

Word family

se·pul·chral /səˈpʌlkrəl/ adjectiveadj literary

1 SAD/UNHAPPYsad, serious, and slightly frightening 低沉忧郁的，阴沉的

a sepulchral voice

低沉忧郁的嗓音

2 dark, empty, and slightly frightening 空寂的，阴森森的

in the sepulchral gloom of the church

在教堂阴沉昏暗的光线中

Examples from the Corpus

sepulchral• My protector in the sepulchral darkness filled with light.• Figures on sepulchral monuments sporting shrouds in place of customary day dress are not so rare as those depicted on memorial brasses.• It was a sepulchral place, altogether depressing and gloomy.• Much additional information can, however, be learnt from sepulchral sculpture, prints and drawings, paintings and memento mori jewellery.• One might mention an object or a locality, and sepulchral silence would descend.• Tenebrous, sepulchral, their interiors speak mutely of their absent architects.• In loud, sepulchral tones, this vision warned James to give up war and consorting with wanton women.• White statues of saints, angels and the Holy Family added a traditional, if sepulchral, touch.

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BNC: 34211 COCA: 34253

sepulchral

Feeling sad or unhappy: sad, unhappy, gloomy...