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[ noun ] a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

Synonyms

charnel_house

Related terms

vault

2
[ adjective ] gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

Synonyms

sepulchral ghastly

Examples

"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones" "ghastly shrieks" "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

Related terms

offensive

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