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单词 funereal
释义

funereal

adjective

fu·​ne·​re·​al fyu̇-ˈnir-ē-əl How to pronounce funereal (audio)
1
: of or relating to a funeral
2
: befitting or suggesting a funeral (as in solemnity)
funereally
fyu̇-ˈnir-ē-ə-lē How to pronounce funereal (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • black
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • chill
  • Cimmerian
  • cloudy
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • dark
  • darkening
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • dire
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • drear
  • dreary
  • dreich [chiefly Scottish]
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • forlorn
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • godforsaken
  • gray
  • grey
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • lugubrious
  • miserable
  • morbid
  • morose
  • murky
  • plutonian
  • saturnine
  • sepulchral
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sullen
  • sunless
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

shivered with cold in the dark and funereal Victorian mansion
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Word History

Etymology

Latin funereus, from funer-, funus

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

funereal

adjective

as in somber
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer shivered with cold in the dark and funereal Victorian mansion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • somber
  • bleak
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • dark
  • solemn
  • darkening
  • lonely
  • desolate
  • morbid
  • sepulchral
  • murky
  • gray
  • morose
  • lonesome
  • lugubrious
  • elegiac
  • cold
  • black
  • blue
  • cheerless
  • sombre
  • gloomy
  • disconsolate
  • depressed
  • miserable
  • glum
  • melancholy
  • sullen
  • chill
  • drear
  • saturnine
  • wretched
  • sad
  • oppressive
  • forlorn
  • tenebrous
  • dismal
  • dreary
  • grey
  • godforsaken
  • comfortless
  • sunless
  • cloudy
  • dire
  • mournful
  • melancholic
  • dreich
  • plutonian
  • mirthless
  • elegiacal
  • woebegone
  • grim
  • dejected
  • tenebrific
  • Cimmerian
  • unhappy
  • distressful
  • plaintive
  • inconsolable
  • dispiriting
  • hangdog
  • dull
  • dim
  • sorrowful
  • desperate
  • disheartening
  • despondent
  • hopeless
  • woeful
  • distressing
  • menacing
  • discomfiting
  • upsetting
  • droopy
  • dismaying
  • negative
  • discouraging
  • dour
  • pessimistic
  • low
  • drab
  • lamentable
  • down
  • threatening
  • colorless
  • lowering
  • lowery
  • louring
  • loury

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • festive
  • cheerful
  • comforting
  • cheery
  • friendly
  • gay
  • bright
  • joyous
  • cordial
  • sunshiny
  • buoyant
  • joyful
  • mirthful
  • blithe
  • jolly
  • gay
  • merry
  • heartwarming
  • optimistic
  • hopeful
  • blithesome
  • cheering
  • encouraging
  • jocund
  • lighthearted
  • lightsome
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