funereal
pronunciation
How to pronounce funereal in British English:
UK [fjuˈnɪəriəl]
How to pronounce funereal in American English:
US [fjuˈnɪriəl]
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- Adjective:
- suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
Word Origin
- funereal (adj.)
- "suitable for a funeral" (mournful, dismal, gloomy), 1725, from stem of Latin funereus "of a funeral," from funus "funeral; death" (see funeral) + -al (1). Perhaps by influence of Middle French funerail.
Example
- 1. The atmosphere in the cabin was almost unbearably funereal .
- 2. Shedding funereal tears over his departed dog ( ben jonson ) .
- 3. Many write about free trade in funereal overtones .
- 4. Many women still regard an all-black look as too masculine , heavy or even funereal .
- 5. " Instead , america has " no intellectual class " and is " rotting away at a funereal pace .