mausolean
/ˌmɔːsəˈliːən/
adjective
- Resembling or characteristic of a mausoleum; very large, grand, and often gloomy or solemn in a way that suggests a tomb.
- The hotel's lobby felt mausolean, with marble columns and an eerie silence.
- They built a mausolean monument in the park to honor the fallen soldiers.
- The old library had a mausolean atmosphere, with its high ceilings and dim lighting.
- Extremely quiet, still, or lifeless, like a tomb.
- The classroom was mausolean as the students waited for the test results.
- The abandoned factory had a mausolean stillness that made me shiver.
- After the argument, the room fell into a mausolean silence.
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