funeral

Speech parts

1. funeral - Noun

2. funeral - Adjective

Meaning

The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural.

The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.

A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.

Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

interment burial wake last rites committal obsequy obsequies memorial service funeral service memorial requiem shiva entombment service business
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Antonyms

birth anniversary birthday baptism christening starting point
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Hypernyms

ceremony ceremonial observance ceremonial occasion

Hyponyms

entombment interment burial inhumation sepulture sky burial

Phrases with the word

funeral service funeral poem funeral procession funeral ceremony funeral chant funeral hymn

Anagrams

earnful flaneur flurane unflare

Examples

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral. Charles Lamb

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. Henry Ward Beecher

We live in a world where the funeral matters more than the dead, the wedding more than love and the physical rather than the intellect. We live in the container culture, which despises the content. Eduardo Galeano

He is still alive because he cannot afford a funeral. Persian Proverb

One funeral makes many. English Proverb

Funeral sermon, lying sermon. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

funemployed funemployment Funen funeral arrangements funeral attender funeral bird