Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun charnel
1 sense of charnel
Sense 1
charnel house, charnel -- (a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited)
=> vault, burial vault -- (a burial chamber (usually underground))
Antonyms of adj charnel
1 sense of charnel
Sense 1
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral -- (gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs")
INDIRECT (VIA offensive) -> inoffensive -- (giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant")
Similarity of adj charnel
1 sense of charnel
Sense 1
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral -- (gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs")
=> offensive (vs. inoffensive) -- (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors")