funereal

[ fyoo-neer-ee-uhl ]

/ fyuˈnɪər i əl /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR funereal ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

of or suitable for a funeral.

mournful; gloomy; dismal: a funereal aloofness that was quite chilling.

Origin of funereal

1715–25; <Latin fūnere(us) of, belonging to a funeral + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM funereal

fu·ne·re·al·ly, adverbun·fu·ne·re·al, adjectiveun·fu·ne·re·al·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH funereal

funeral, funereal , funerary

Words nearby funereal

funeral home, funeralize, funeral parlour, funeral pie, funerary, funereal, funest, fun fair, funfest, Fünfkirchen, fun fur

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Example sentences from the Web for funereal

The Daily Pic: Francois Curlet made a funereal Jaguar, then filmed it as a thriller's prop.
World's Coolest Hearse?|Blake Gopnik|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless.
How Margaret Thatcher Transformed British Politics|Tunku Varadarajan|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Kab ha-Yashar breathes a spirit of gloomy asceticism, and is expressive of a funereal frame of mind.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I (of 3)|S. M. Dubnow
Fatality appeared to be warning her with funereal presentiments.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Vicente Blasco Ibanez

He then came to a wedding, and saluted the newly-married couple with this funereal phrase.
Georgian Folk Tales|Unknown
I watched her moving about in her funereal draperies, the flower flopping as she shuffled and gesticulated.
Aliens|William McFee
There are swamps, and melancholy cypress and funereal live oaks.
Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters

British Dictionary definitions for funereal

funereal

/ (fjuːˈnɪərɪəl) /

adjective

suggestive of a funeral; gloomy or mournfulAlso: funebrial (fjuːˈniːbrɪəl)

Derived forms of funereal

funereally, adverb

Word Origin for funereal

C18: from Latin fūnereus

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单词	funereal
释义	funereal [ fyoo-neer-ee-uhl ] / fyuˈnɪər i əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR funereal ON THESAURUS.COM adjective of or suitable for a funeral. mournful; gloomy; dismal: a funereal aloofness that was quite chilling. Origin of funereal 1715–25; <Latin fūnere(us) of, belonging to a funeral + -al¹ OTHER WORDS FROM funereal fu·ne·re·al·ly, adverbun·fu·ne·re·al, adjectiveun·fu·ne·re·al·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH funereal funeral, funereal , funerary Words nearby funereal funeral home, funeralize, funeral parlour, funeral pie, funerary, funereal, funest, fun fair, funfest, Fünfkirchen, fun fur Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for funereal The Daily Pic: Francois Curlet made a funereal Jaguar, then filmed it as a thriller's prop. World's Coolest Hearse?\|Blake Gopnik\|August 28, 2013\|DAILY BEAST When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless. How Margaret Thatcher Transformed British Politics\|Tunku Varadarajan\|April 8, 2013\|DAILY BEAST The Kab ha-Yashar breathes a spirit of gloomy asceticism, and is expressive of a funereal frame of mind. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I (of 3)\|S. M. Dubnow Fatality appeared to be warning her with funereal presentiments. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse\|Vicente Blasco Ibanez He then came to a wedding, and saluted the newly-married couple with this funereal phrase. Georgian Folk Tales\|Unknown I watched her moving about in her funereal draperies, the flower flopping as she shuffled and gesticulated. Aliens\|William McFee There are swamps, and melancholy cypress and funereal live oaks. Children of the Market Place\|Edgar Lee Masters British Dictionary definitions for funereal funereal / (fjuːˈnɪərɪəl) / adjective suggestive of a funeral; gloomy or mournfulAlso: funebrial (fjuːˈniːbrɪəl) Derived forms of funereal funereally, adverb Word Origin for funereal C18: from Latin fūnereus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to funereal elegiac, solemn, somber, lugubrious, gloomy, mournful, black, bleak, dark, dismal, doleful, dreary, grave, grim, lamenting, melancholy, oppressive, sad, sepulchral, serious
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funereal

adjective

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adjective

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