Funereal (Adjective)
Meaning
Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The somber, funereal atmosphere that pervaded the gathering made it clear that the news had been devastating.
- The church bell's slow, funereal toll seemed to echo the mourners' grief.
- As the last rays of sunlight faded, a funereal gloom descended upon the landscape.
- Her funereal tones, usually reserved for funerals, were heartbreaking in the context of a memorial service for her friend.
- The abandoned mansion loomed over us, its crumbling facade exuding a funereal air of decay and neglect.