Funeral and Mourning

Funeral

Funeral noun - A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.

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Mourning and funeral are semantically related in bereavement topic. In some cases you can use "Mourning" instead a noun "Funeral".

Nearby Word: funerary

Mourning noun - State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one.

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Funeral and mourning are semantically related in bereavement topic. Sometimes you can use "Funeral" instead a noun "Mourning".

Nearby Words: mournful, mourn, mourned, mourner

full	full funeral	full mourning
public	public funeral	public mourning
proper	proper funeral	proper mourning
cheap	cheap funeral	cheap mourning
Other adjectives: entire, important, personal, meaningful.

Snow Means Death: The funeral procession of Gong Er's father takes place through a desolate snow-covered landscape, harmonizing with the white banners and white mourning clothes of the attendants.

Source: Film / The Grandmaster
Kamir, immortal leader of the Thuggees, kills Alice's husband and persuades Vashti to burn herself on her husband's funeral pyre, leaving Duncan mourning for another lost loved one.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / First Industrial Revolution
The other noble asks why he isn't going to the funeral and if he'll let Howe go unmourned, to which the friend replies that the only thing worth mourning is that Howe didn't die years ago.

Source: Smug Snake / Video Games

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