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funest

American  
[fyoo-nest] / fyuˈnɛst /

adjective

  1. boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.

Etymology

Origin of funest

1645–55; < French funeste < Latin fūnestus, derivative of fūnus funeral, death

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Italy! thou who'rt doomed to wear   The fatal gift of beauty, and possess   The dower funest of infinite wretchedness   Written upon thy forehead by despair; Ah! would that thou wert stronger, or less fair.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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