/ səˈpʌlkrəl; NAmE / adjective
( literary ) looking or sounding sad and serious; making you think of death
SYN funereal :
He spoke in sepulchral tones.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French sépulchral or Latin sepulchralis , from sepulcrum burial place, from sepelire bury.