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[syn: funereal, sepulchral]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Funereal \Fu*ne"re*al\, a. [L. funereus, fr. fentus a funeral.]
Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn; as, at a
funereal pace. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's
distant lamps. --Longfellow.
-- Fu*ne"re*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
funereal
adj 1: suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal
gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" [syn: funereal,
sepulchral]