noun
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑charnel house
• Hypernyms: ↑vault, ↑burial vault
adjective
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
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a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
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ghastly shrieks
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the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
• Syn: ↑ghastly, ↑sepulchral
• Similar to: ↑offensive
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ghastliness (for: ↑ghastly)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.