charnel
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- adjective
- /ˈtʃɑrnəl/
- NSFW
:
carnicero
- It was like going into a charnel house, going into the forest.
- charnel house
Examples
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The abandoned cemetery had become a charnel maze, filled with decaying remnants of the past.
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What kind of charnel house is this?
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More and more areas of the world will be turned into charnel houses.
Blog text (27) -
Leave the charnel house and follow the lead of nature, or of God, if you like your Bible stories.
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Aria surveyed the charnel vault with adult eyes, strangely relieved.
Fiction book (2002) -
From deep within the charnel house, another light winked back at theirs—tiny and red in the shadows.
Fiction book (2002) -
And now it was a charnel house, the table beds occupied by corpses shrouded in bloody, vomit-stained blankets.
Fiction book (1990) -
After the battle, the battlefield appeared as a charnel landscape, littered with the signs of death and decay.
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The old mansion was rumored to be a charnel site, where forgotten souls lingered amid the shadows.
Synonyms
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6.8
Causing great fear and shock, often like death or ghosts
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9.9
Gloomy and quiet like a tomb or a funeral
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Etymology
Charnel comes from the old root carn- and Latin caro/carnis, which mean 'flesh', and it is the same idea you see in carnal and carnage. So a charnel scene feels tied to bodies and decay, a gruesome, deathlike image that sticks in the mind.