funereal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fu·ne·re·al /fjʊˈnɪəriəl $ -ˈnɪr-/ adjective MXsad, slow, and suitable for a funeral 悲哀的；沉重的；适合于葬礼的 funereal music 哀乐 moving at a funereal pace 步履沉重地缓行
Examples from the Corpus
funereal• The local weather was always funereal.• The atmosphere in the room was funereal.• Last weekend a funereal air wafted through its four-storey office on the Via Due Macelli.• Passers-by glanced sympathetically at them, unsurprised by the funereal atmosphere of the gathering.• The New Zealanders, appropriately garbed in funereal black, arrive next week to scatter the ashes.• In the funereal chill Vassily drew up a chair and poured us both a drink.• Night fell upon, and spread its funereal pall over, a field of blood where death held unrestrained carnival!• Smoke from a score of chain-smokers wreathed its funereal patterns.• Doctor Turner takes me aside to acquaint me in funereal tones with the details of a colleague's latest symptoms.Origin funereal (1700-1800) Latin funereus, from funus; → FUNERALfu·ne·re·al adjectiveChineseSyllable
for funeral suitable slow, Corpus sad, and a
funereal
fu‧ne‧re‧al /fjʊˈnɪəriəl $ -ˈnɪr-/
adjectivesad, slow, and suitable for a funeral:
funereal music
moving at a funereal pace
fu‧ne‧re‧al /fjʊˈnɪəriəl $ -ˈnɪr-/
adjectivesad, slow, and suitable for a funeral: