sepulchral

/səˈpʌlkrəl/

Other forms: sepulchrally

Something that reminds you of death is sepulchral. A dreary, misty graveyard at night usually feels sepulchral.

A sepulchre is a tomb or a crypt — a kind of stone room meant for burying a dead body. Something that's sepulchral reminds you of a sepulchre, either because it looks or feels like an actual tomb, or simply because it makes you think of death or dying. An empty building might be sepulchral, or a gloomy gathering. The Latin root word is sepelire, "to bury or embalm."

Definitions of sepulchral

1. adjective

   of or relating to a sepulcher
   “sepulchral inscriptions”

   “sepulchral monuments in churches”
2. adjective

   suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
   “hollow sepulchral tones”

   synonyms: funereal

   joyless

   not experiencing or inspiring joy
3. adjective

   gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
   “the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs”

   synonyms: charnel, ghastly

   offensive

   unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses