1. resembling or suggestive of a dirge; mournful, sorrowful, or expressing grief
Usage: literary or formal; often used to describe music, sounds, or atmospheres

Examples

• The dirgeful organ music echoed through the empty cathedral.
• A dirgeful tone filled the room as the family gathered to remember their loss.
• The poet's dirgeful verses captured the depth of her sorrow.
• The wind made a dirgeful sound as it whistled through the old house.
• He spoke in a dirgeful manner about the tragedy that had befallen the town.
• The dirgeful melody seemed to express all the grief of the mourners.