as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
a slow and heavy funeral song
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Recent Examples of funeral
Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
On a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral expenses, the mother of Rangel’s girlfriend wrote that the party was for the teen’s birthday.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Bright red ribbons decorate the trees and signposts of northwest suburban Niles in anticipation of a funeral procession and service today to honor Chicago Fire Department Capt. David Meyer, who was killed last week while battling a suspicious garage fire in the Austin neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Boelter is a father of five who has worked various jobs in the food industry and with funeral service companies and a security service.
—Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
On a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral expenses, the mother of Rangel’s girlfriend wrote that the party was for the teen’s birthday.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025
Noun
Streets will be closed for a procession from the funeral site to the burial site.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Bright red ribbons decorate the trees and signposts of northwest suburban Niles in anticipation of a funeral procession and service today to honor Chicago Fire Department Capt. David Meyer, who was killed last week while battling a suspicious garage fire in the Austin neighborhood.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral
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
Noun
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An American flag is folded during the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 May 2025
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Handlers in white gloves carried memorial vessels containing the skulls for interment.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Unlike most of his hardcore predecessors, Yates has a knack for mournful melodies, and a voice that may remind some older listeners of Perry Farrell, from Jane’s Addiction.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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Now comes their follow-up, with a soundalike title, but quite a different mood—more mournful, more anguished, more serious.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Once the game is over, pink soldiers approach Yong-sik to shoot him and ensure that he’s eliminated, despite Geum-ja’s heartbroken pleas.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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And before long, his pig is stolen, leaving him heartbroken.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Across the landscape of northern Poland are dozens of cemeteries with early medieval burial mounds, known as Orzeszkowo-type barrows.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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Ticket Information The crypt beneath the historic St Bride’s Church on Fleet Street contains Roman pavements, medieval foundations, and even plague burial sites.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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But the two mainstays of the game are far from bitter rivals.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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Pashinyan was the focus of protests last year by tens of thousands of demonstrators after Armenia agreed to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and to normalize relations between the neighbors and bitter rivals.—
Avet Demourian,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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“Funeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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