funereal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
    sepulchral.
    • funereal gloom
    • hollow sepulchral tones

WordNet

Fu*ne"re*al adjective
Etymology
L. funereus, fr. fentus a funeral.
Definitions
  1. Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful. Jer. Taylor.
    What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. Longfellow.
    -- Fu*ne"re*al*ly, adv.

Webster 1913