funereal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/fjuːˈnɪəɹɪ.əl/(UK)

Definition of funereal

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”
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adj

  1. 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.”
  2. (figuratively)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.”

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Etymology

From Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus + -al.

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