Funereal

/fjuːˈnɪəɹɪ.əl/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or relating to a funeral..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or relating to a funeral.
2. (figurative) Similar to or befitting the mood or elements of a funeral: slow; black colors; formal; dignified or solemn.

Example Sentences

From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.

Seven were chosen to push the funereal boat to the water, in honor of the seven faces of god.

A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole ſcene.

"Sounds curst funereal, Zeb! O my poor nunky! Go fetch 'em, Sergeant, and let me see 'em—'twill distress and pain me I know but—go fetch 'em!"

There was something menacing and uncomfortable in the funereal stillness, in the muffled, subtle trickle of distant brooks, and in the crowding green peaks and black-wooded precipices that choked the narrow horizon.

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• more funereal
• most funereal
• funeral

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