What does funereal mean in English? Meaning of funereal definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "funereal": suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
Adjective
Meaning: suited to or suggestive of a grave or burialExample: funereal gloom
hollow sepulchral tonesSynonyms: funereal
sepulchralSimilar: joylessPronunciation in UK: /fjuːˈnɪəɹɪəl/
Adjective: Of or relating to a funeral. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12: 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. 2000, Goerge RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 474: Seven were chosen to push the funereal boat to the water, in honor of the seven faces of god.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12: 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.2000, Goerge RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 474: Seven were chosen to push the funereal boat to the water, in honor of the seven faces of god.Similar to a funeral, such as dignified or solemn. 1900, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek[1], page 171: "A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole scene."1900, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek[1], page 171: "A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole scene."Synonyms:
elegiac, solemn, somber, lugubrious, gloomy, mournful, black, bleak, dark, dismal, doleful, dreary, grave, grim, lamenting, melancholy, oppressive, sad, sepulchral, serious, woeful, deathlike, dirgelike, disheartening,
Antonyms:
cheerful, joyful, lively, upbeat, light, happy,
