funereal

fu·ne·re·al

adjective \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

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

Rhymes with FUNEREAL

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