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
Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
The first funerals with caissons will be limited to troops killed in action, recipients of the Medal of Honor or Prisoner of War Medal and high-ranking service members.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 27 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
Rebeca's family has also set up a GoFundMe to cover funeral costs.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
The first funerals with caissons will be limited to troops killed in action, recipients of the Medal of Honor or Prisoner of War Medal and high-ranking service members.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 27 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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The mayor has ordered the city flag to be lowered on Monday, starting at 8 a.m. through 8 a.m. the day after his interment, which has not been publicly announced.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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On Sunday, following Francis’ interment, U.S. flags can again rise to full-staff, unless Trump issues a new order.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
22 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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The slow, mournful piano chords capture the somber bite of the scene with remarkable punch yet also a sobering stillness, and that’s before the elegiac words carry the song off into the sky.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2025
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Wynette’s mournful lyrics about a partner who has left—will one protagonist leave the other during the game’s main campaign?—to the sound of lonely, sad acoustic country music is the flip side of Wang Chung’s carefree spirit.—
Brady Gerber,
Vulture,
7 May 2025
Noun
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An extended hall leads to another long hall, ending with an incomplete chamber containing his burial well.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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The first burial: A cookbook author The first person buried at what is now Arlington National Cemetery was not a soldier, a general, a war hero or even a veteran.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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On the internet, though, he is deemed as the heartbroken, brooding type because ...—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Agudelo made it through surgery Wednesday to relieve pressure on her brain but only has a 1% chance of ultimately surviving, her heartbroken daughter told the Daily News Thursday.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Where Silverman radically departs from Strindberg’s bitter play is in their portrait of Tekla, who is a spikily delightful self-starter instead of the idiot-monster of the original.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Still, Levi isn’t bitter and blames the reporter for trying to use Gunn to publicly shame him.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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“Funeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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