Antonyms for funereal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fyoo-neer-ee-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : fyuˈnɪər i əl

Definition of funereal

Origin : 1725, from funeral by influence of Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus "of a funeral," from funus "funeral; death."

adj depressing

Example sentences :

Let her go abroad with her monotonous voice and her funereal fantasies!
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

What do they all mean by looking at me with such a funereal air?
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

To the onlooker who does not know its hazards faro is a funereal game.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

However, he could not remain indefinitely under the funereal blackboard.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

This tall Mme. Polge is funereal in her green dress, the ideal of dry-nurses.
Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet

When the ship was twelve hours on its way, the atmosphere inside it was funereal.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

There are the funereal stelæ, with their quiet expression of sorrow, of hope, of resignation.
Extract from : « Oxford » by Andrew Lang

I will respect them, and deny myself the honor of performing the funereal rites.
Extract from : « The Martyr of the Catacombs » by Anonymous

Stately, magnificent, if you will, but funereal in their gloom.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

Make a confidant of that funereal mute and deny me the truth!
Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle

Synonyms for funereal

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