Synonyms of charnel

Noun

1. charnel house, charnel, vault, burial vault

usage: a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

Adjective

1. charnel, ghastly, sepulchral, offensive (vs. inoffensive)

usage: 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"

Definition and meaning of charnel (Dictionary)