Funeral and Somber

Funeral

Funeral adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: a slow and heavy funeral song

Somber and funeral are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Somber" instead an adjective "Funeral".

Nearby Word: funerary

Somber

Somber adjective - Being without light or without much light.

Funeral and somber are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Funeral" instead an adjective "Somber".

Nearby Words: sombre, somberly

Both words in one sentence

  • Disney / The Princess and the Frog Don't forget the somber reprise of "Evangeline" that's played during Ray's funeral.
  • Film / Super 8 Mood Whiplash: Several: Joe's mother's funeral, which starts out very somber and then switches to the kids all arguing about the grisly manner in which she died.
  • Meaningful Funeral While not a "funeral" in the sense that she's Killed Off for Real, Eliza being put in stasis at the end of the Galaxy Rangers episode "New Frontier" has all the earmarks of one, including a somber speech by Walsh and Zozo tearing up visibly.
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