mausolean

/ˌmɔːsəˈliːən/
adjective
  1. 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.
  2. 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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