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sepulchral

adjective
🔊/səˈpʌlkrəl/
🔊/səˈpʌlkrəl/
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  1. looking or sounding sad and serious; making you think of death阴沉的；阴森森的；死一般的 synonym funereal
    • He spoke in sepulchral tones.他说话语气阴沉。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French sépulchral or Latin sepulchralis, from sepulcrum ‘burial place’, from sepelire ‘bury’.