Funest
//fjuːˈnɛst// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable. archaic
"I do assure you, there is nothing I have a greater scorn and indignation against, than these wretched scoffers; and I look upon our neglect of severely punishing them as an high defect in our politics, and a forerunner of something very funest."
Example
More examples"I do assure you, there is nothing I have a greater scorn and indignation against, than these wretched scoffers; and I look upon our neglect of severely punishing them as an high defect in our politics, and a forerunner of something very funest."
Etymology
From French funeste, from Latin fūnestus, from fūnus (“funeral; death”).
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