funeste
English
Adjective
funeste (comparative more funeste, superlative most funeste)
- Alternative form of funest
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
- […] her father had dropped hints about his history and belongings which surrounded him in her eyes with a sort of chill and dismal halo. There was something funeste and mysterious even in his beauty; and her spirits faltered and sank in his presence.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
French
Adjective
funeste (plural funestes)
- baneful, disastrous (causing disaster)
- fatal; deadly
Derived terms
Further reading
- “funeste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
funeste
- feminine plural of funesto
Latin
Adjective
fūneste
- vocative masculine singular of fūnestus
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