funereal

fu·ne·re·al

adj \fyu̇-ˈnir-ē-əl\

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

Examples of FUNEREAL

1. <shivered with cold in the dark and funereal Victorian mansion>

Origin of FUNEREAL

Latin funereus, from funer-, funus

First Known Use: 1725

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

Antonyms: bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny

Related Words: blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woeful; dim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsetting; desperate, hopeless, pessimistic; lamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful; colorless, drab, dull; dour, grim, lowering (also louring), lowery (also loury), menacing, negative, oppressive, threatening

Near Antonyms: blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful; encouraging, hopeful, optimistic; lighthearted, lightsome

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Rhymes with FUNEREAL

arterial, bacterial, diphtherial, empyreal, ethereal, imperial, material, sidereal, venereal, vizierial