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expressing or suggesting mourning
a slow and heavy funeral song
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Recent Examples of funeral
Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Three Palestinians were laid to rest in traditional Islamic funeral rites.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2026
Police in Detroit say one person was injured after a shot was fired and a fight broke out at a funeral repast on Friday.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Carole and Michael have also attended major events like Queen Elizabeth's state funeral in 2022 and King Charles' coronation in 2023.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Three Palestinians were laid to rest in traditional Islamic funeral rites.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The burial will be at Center Cemetery, D2 Dividend Road in Rocky Hill, immediately following the funeral mass.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2026
Police in Detroit say one person was injured after a shot was fired and a fight broke out at a funeral repast on Friday.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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From the date of death until interment for the governor of a state, territory or possession.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Jan. 2026
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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Newsom shakes his head, seeming more mournful than angry.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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In addition to occasional bursts of folk songs, there are outstanding new compositions by Mario Batkovic that move from a quick, nerve-jangling pulse to a full surge of mournful chords in a late sequence.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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This Upper Paleolithic burial even became famous, though puzzling to researchers, because the unusual skeletal remains were even disfigured.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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The last burials there were in 1925.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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According to Purina, a common quirky habit many dog owners notice is food-burying.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
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Greenlawn was a collection of four cemeteries — the old burying ground, new burying ground or Union cemetery, Peck's Ground and Greenlawn.—
Alexandria Burris,
IndyStar,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Neighbors said they were heartbroken to hear about the incident.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The younger brother of a man shot celebrating his birthday in the Bronx witnessed the slaying and was wounded by the gunman too, the siblings’ heartbroken mother revealed Monday.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Funeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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