as in interment
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as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
a slow and heavy funeral song
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Recent Examples of funeral
Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
According to his obituary, Gabriel’s funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, at the chapel of the Thacker Memorial Funeral Home in Pikeville.
—David Chiu, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
For the certification, Senate pages carried the Electoral College ballot boxes through the rotunda like caskets in a funeral procession.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The funeral service, held at Saint Philip AME Church in Atlanta, brought the city together in remembrance of a life that ended far too soon.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
According to his obituary, Gabriel’s funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, at the chapel of the Thacker Memorial Funeral Home in Pikeville.
—David Chiu, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The family published the route of the funeral procession and urged the public to show support as the remains are transported.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
For the certification, Senate pages carried the Electoral College ballot boxes through the rotunda like caskets in a funeral procession.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral
Noun
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An interment flag was also flown over the State House this week.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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They were ordered to remain lowered until the date of interment, which had yet to be announced.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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At the vigil, the atmosphere appeared to be both mournful and celebratory of Scooter’s life.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Season four will be the last for The Righteous Gemstones, and there are signs in this mournful (and vulgar/hilarious) episode that this extremely American empire may be going the way of Kelvin’s treehouse.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Only a few miles from Selena's burial site, a monument opened in her honor on May 25, 1997.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Read Next World Soldier unearths 2,600-year-old burial site, Greek artifacts in Ukraine.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Downs recovered from her injuries but remained heartbroken over the loss of her friends and overwhelmed with survivor's guilt.—
Laurel Morales,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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King was on an errand to pick up a snack for his mom when he was shot, heartbroken relatives said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The United States and the Soviet Union were bitter adversaries during the four decade-long Cold War, competing for influence on multiple continents and arming their respective proxies from as far afield as Afghanistan, Angola, and Nicaragua in order to enhance their power at the other's expense.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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By emphasizing short wars, strategists rely too much on initial battle plans that may not play out in practice—with bitter consequences.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Funeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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