CHARNEL
Scrabble letter values: C3H4A1R1N1E1L1 = 12
Definition
- adjective gruesomely indicative of death or the dead. — synonyms: ghastly, sepulchral
- noun a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited. — synonyms: charnel_house
Examples
- “a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”
- “ghastly shrieks”
- “the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs”