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