First Known Use: 1725
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funereal
adjective fu·ne·re·al \fyu̇-ˈnir-ē-əl\
: very sad and serious : suggesting a funeral
Full Definition of FUNEREAL
1
: of or relating to a funeral
2
: befitting or suggesting a funeral (as in solemnity)
— fu·ne·re·al·ly \-ə-lē\ adverb
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Origin of FUNEREAL
Latin funereus, from funer-, funus
Related to FUNEREAL
- Synonyms
- black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched
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