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")

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