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funest

Translations

funestadjective
funester
Comp.
funestest
Super.
Primary and virtually exclusive modern English use; rare/archaic.
funesteLittéraire ; s’emploie pour exprimer une idée de désastre, de mort ou de mauvais présage.
The kingdom never recovered from the funest war of succession.
Le royaume ne se remit jamais de la funeste guerre de succession.
Additional translations
sinistrePour un ton, une ambiance ou un présage de deuil.

Definitions

funestadjective
Causing or accompanied by death, destruction, or great calamity; deadly; disastrous.
The kingdom never recovered from the funest war of succession.
Portending or expressing grief and mourning; mournfully ominous.
A funest silence settled over the grieving household.
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