sepulchral

From Latin sepulcralis.

• IPA^(key): /səˈpʌlkɹəl/, /səˈpʊlkɹəl/

sepulchral (comparative more sepulchral, superlative most sepulchral)

1. Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
2. Suggestive of a grave or of death; having a hollow and deep sound.
   • 1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 367:

     'The Master of Krikkit,' said Slartibartfast again, and if his breathing had been sepulchral before, this time he sounded like someone in Hades with bronchitis.

• sepulchre

• Heroon