- sepulchral - of or relating to a sepulchre; "sepulchral inscriptions"; "sepulchral monuments in churches"
- charnel, ghastly, sepulchral - gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
Antonym: inoffensive (indirect, via offensive)
- funereal, sepulchral - suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"
Antonym: joyous (indirect, via joyless)
- charnel, ghastly, sepulchral - gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"