funereal
adj/fjuːˈnɪəɹɪ.əl/UK
Etymology
From Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus + -al.
- derived from funerail
Definitions
Of or relating to a funeral.
- 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.
Similar to or befitting the mood or elements of a funeral
Similar to or befitting the mood or elements of a funeral: slow; black colors; formal; dignified or solemn.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for funereal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA