as in interment
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expressing or suggesting mourning
a slow and heavy funeral song
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Recent Examples of funeral
Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
Dever shot the episode more than a year ago, capping an eventful stint on the show that began just four days after her mother’s funeral.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Europe Tens of thousands of mourners and dozens of world leaders gathered in Rome to celebrate the life of the late pope, Francis, at a funeral mass held in St. Peter's Square.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Once a patient is dead, physicians will ordinarily withdraw supportive measures and arrange to respectfully transport the body for funeral proceedings.
—Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
Dever shot the episode more than a year ago, capping an eventful stint on the show that began just four days after her mother’s funeral.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
Adjective
Mourners pay respects to Pope Francis ahead of funeral
Mourners from around the world pay their respects to Pope Francis at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
—Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Europe Tens of thousands of mourners and dozens of world leaders gathered in Rome to celebrate the life of the late pope, Francis, at a funeral mass held in St. Peter's Square.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral
Noun
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Handlers in white gloves carried memorial vessels containing the skulls for interment.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 May 2025
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Francis will be the first pope in more than three centuries to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore, with the interment taking place away from the public eye.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 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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For that reason, the show would have always been the curator’s natural point of entry even without this year’s mournful context.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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For May 1966’s expansive Pet Sounds, Wilson and lyricist Tony Asher created a song cycle documenting a passage from youthful innocence to mournful adulthood that the composer contrasted with delicately sophisticated yet openhearted orchestrations.—
Barry Walters,
Billboard,
11 June 2025
Noun
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This ornate crown, found in a burial site, is a first-of-its-kind discovery in the region.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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These new findings, including the artifacts and burial site, adds to new archaeological understanding about the purpose of ancient frontier walls throughout Eurasia.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Courtesy of Lionsgate The heartbroken little girl with the ballerina music box will grow up to be Ana de Armas’ Eve Macarro, a young woman bent on—what else?—avenging her father’s murder.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
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The second track on the LP told the story of a heartbroken barmaid pining after a sailor who refused to give up his nomadically maritime lifestyle for her.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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But the fascination of the early days was gone, and more often than not their time together devolved into bitter spats.—
Mark Polizzoti
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Lips can get a bit of color too, via RMS Beauty’s Legendary Lip Oil packed with adaptogenic herbs, jojoba oil, vanilla extract, and bitter cherry seed oil to condition the pout.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
16 June 2025
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“Funeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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