as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
a slow and heavy funeral song
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Recent Examples of funeral
Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
The hall hosted first communion breakfasts and political fundraisers, funeral receptions and wedding receptions.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
Streets will be closed for a procession from the funeral site to the burial site.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Friends and family mourn during the funeral of 37-year-old Israeli woman, Tzeela Gez, who was killed in a shooting attack in the centre of the occupied West Bank the previous day, in Jerusalem on May 15, 2025.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
The hall hosted first communion breakfasts and political fundraisers, funeral receptions and wedding receptions.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
The funeral mass for Francis was sung largely in Gregorian chant.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
Streets will be closed for a procession from the funeral site to the burial site.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 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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From the date of death until interment for the governor of a state, territory or possession.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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No public visitation is planned; interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Stillwater.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Once abundant on the island, this ground-foraging dove – with an earthy red-brown plumage and a quiet, mournful call – disappeared from the wild by 1972.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Several of her patients left mournful messages on the Yelp page of her Arcadia practice.—
Clara Harter
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Raymond Cheadle, Honesty’s great-uncle, told WUSA the family, including the girl’s dad, is heartbroken.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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Pepe has the power to make two heartbroken Islanders immediately forget about their old connections.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Donations poured in to give the infant a proper burial, and officials said 150 people came to her funeral.—
Mike Stunson
July 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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Why has Chaco yielded so few cooking hearths, trash heaps, and burial sites—the typical signs of life left by a busy settlement?—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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There were no bitter comments blaming liberal forest-management policies.—
Nick Allardice,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Public records show the home belongs to former Councilman Bill Sanders, who ran for mayor and lost last year after a years-long history of bitter clashes with other city officials and staff.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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“Funeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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