fu|ne|re|al

fu|ne|re|al «fyoo NIHR ee uhl», adjective.

1. of or suitable for a funeral: »

funereal garb, funereal gloom. The sad funereal feast (Alexander Pope).

2. Figurative. like a funeral; sad; gloomy; dismal. SYNONYM(S): solemn, dark, melancholy, mournful.

╂[< Latin fūnereus (< fūnus, -eris funeral) + English -al¹]

–fu|ne´re|al|ly, adverb.