The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dirgeful
Dirgeful \Dirge"ful\, a. Funereal; moaning.
Soothed sadly by the dirgeful wind.
--Coleridge.
Wiktionary
dirgeful
a. 1 having the qualities of a dirge; moaning 2 funereal
Usage examples of "dirgeful".
And whenever Owen would join Dan for a verse of' 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen," or-worse-' 'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," the old stone stairwells of Dan's dorm resounded with a dirgeful music that was not at all Christmasy but strictly mournful.