Vocabulary Word
Word: funereal
Definition: sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral
Definition: sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral
Sentences Containing 'funereal'
It was a large, dark room, furnished in a funereal manner with black horsehair, and loaded with heavy dark tables.
A second hearse, decked with the same funereal pomp, was brought to M. de Villefort's door, and the coffin removed into it from the post wagon.
The Parisians, always curious, always affected by funereal display, looked on with religious silence while the splendid procession accompanied to their last abode two of the number of the old aristocracy the greatest protectors of commerce and sincere devotees to their principles.
It has an unspeakable, wild, Hindoo odor about it, such as may lurk in the vicinity of funereal pyres.
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