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funest

/fjuːˈnɛst/

Rhymes with -ɛst

Where it comes from

From French funeste, from Latin fūnestus, from fūnus (“funeral; death”).

adjective more funest · most funest

archaic Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable. 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.

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@misc{funest_2026,
  title = {funest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/funest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}