funerial (B2)
adjective
Definition
funerial means suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The writer described the response as funerial.
A funerial tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became funerial after the announcement.
How to Use funerial
- funerial + noun (collocation)
- Use funerial before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a funerial reaction."
- become funerial (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became funerial near the end."
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