Synonyms of sepulchral

sepulchral

adjective

sə-ˈpəl-krəl 

as in somber

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

the decrepit mansion had a sepulchral tone that gave everyone a chill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• somber
• bleak
• dark
• solemn
• depressive
• lonely
• desolate
• depressing
• morbid
• darkening
• funereal
• murky
• gray
• lonesome
• cold
• lugubrious
• black
• blue
• cheerless
• miserable
• gloomy
• elegiac
• wretched
• morose
• sullen
• saturnine
• chill
• dreary
• disconsolate
• forlorn
• depressed
• glum
• dismal
• melancholy
• oppressive
• sad
• comfortless
• cloudy
• dire
• drear
• tenebrous
• mournful
• godforsaken
• plutonian
• sunless
• Cimmerian
• mirthless
• melancholic
• dreich
• unhappy
• desperate
• dim
• tenebrific
• woebegone
• grim
• dull
• menacing
• negative
• dejected
• inconsolable
• plaintive
• low
• distressful
• hopeless
• woeful
• sorrowful
• despondent
• discouraging
• dispiriting
• dismaying
• pessimistic
• lamentable
• upsetting
• hangdog
• disheartening
• distressing
• dour
• droopy
• discomfiting
• drab
• down
• colorless
• threatening
• lowering
• lowery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friendly
• cheerful
• bright
• cordial
• festive
• cheery
• gay
• comforting
• joyous
• sunshiny
• joyful
• buoyant
• mirthful
• jolly
• merry
• gay
• blithe
• optimistic
• hopeful
• encouraging
• blithesome
• cheering
• jocund
• heartwarming
• lighthearted
• lightsome

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sepulchral

One of the few women working in that era, she was known for austere and unsettling portraits in sepulchral spaces. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 May 2025

The Dead Man seems very aware of that fact and has cultivated a sepulchral image for decades and now he's revealed that his aura of intimidation extended to all of his WWE opponents. — Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025

Short and broad with sepulchral eyes, Karrenna wore a bucket hat, polo shirt, shorts, and flip-flops. — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

For the occasion, the Shed’s Griffin Theater greets guests with an antechamber cast in sepulchral light and hung with wall size images from Sakamoto’s life. — Max Lakin, New York Times, 25 June 2023