funeste — meaning in English

English meaning

• baneful adj Poisonous, deadly.
• dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
• macabre adj Disturbingly focused on death, or gruesome and horrifying to look at.

Senses

funeste is used for these senses in English:

• dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
• macabre Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

baneful — full definition

1. adj Poisonous, deadly.
2. adj Harmful, injurious.

dire — full definition

1. adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
2. adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.

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