tomblike
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8.3
- adjective
- /ˈtɑmˌblaɪk/
:
sepulcral
- She found herself in a tomblike room, where the heavy silence swallowed all sounds.
Examples
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Gradually exposed to light, the interior of the kiln appears tomblike.
Fiction book (1998) -
The door opened, and the tomblike silence was shattered by a blare of Mexican music that was heavy on decibels and brass instruments.
Fiction book (1999) -
The museum's tomblike atmosphere made visitors feel as if they had entered a forgotten world.
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The abandoned house had a tomblike quality, with dark corners and an oppressive stillness.
Synonyms
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9.9
Gloomy and quiet like a tomb or a funeral
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4.3
Having a dark, hollow, cool space like a cave
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8.6
Pale and motionless like someone who is dead
Serious, sad, and very quiet like a place where people are buried
Dark and gloomy like an old prison
Antonyms
How Gloomy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tomblike comes from the word tomb, meaning 'grave' or 'place for the dead', plus the ending -like, meaning 'similar to'. So something tomblike feels very quiet, dark, or gloomy, like a grave.