CHARNEL

charnel, ghastly, sepulchral

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

charnel (plural charnels)

A chapel attached to a mortuary.

A repository for dead bodies.

Adjective

charnel (comparative more charnel, superlative most charnel)

Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.

Anagrams

• larchen

Source: Wiktionary

Char"nel, a. Etym: [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See Carnal.]

Definition: Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults." Milton. Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

Char"nel, n.

Definition: A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition