funereal
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But fast forward two weeks and the mood music surrounding the national team is funereal.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Still, more venues are restricting phone use to ensure that the atmosphere is festive, not funereal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
You can futz with the bread, you can gild the cheese, but if the core is bland or watery or vaguely funereal, the whole enterprise collapses.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
There were funereal speeches — eulogies, if you like — tears and sadness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
He looked no different from before; there were no shadows under his eyes, no funereal air about him.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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