funereal
adjective
[ fjuːˈnɪərɪəl ]
• having the mournful, sombre character appropriate to a funeral.
• "Erika was moving at a funereal pace"
Similar:
solemn,
sombre,
grave,
serious,
gloomy,
dismal,
doleful,
dreary,
sad,
cheerless,
joyless,
bleak,
melancholy,
miserable,
morose,
sorrowful,
morbid,
maudlin,
dark,
depressing,
woeful,
lugubrious,
sepulchral,
dolorous,
exequial,
funebrial,
black,
drab,
Origin:
early 18th century: from Latin funereus (from funus, funer- ‘funeral’) + -al.
