Funeral Planning Terms

verb past tense of bereave, meaning to be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, especially due to death

adjective feeling sorrow for the death of a loved one

• The bereaved family received condolences from their friends and neighbors.
• The bereaved family is really struggling to cope with their loss.
• I heard about the bereaved family, my heart goes out to them.
• The garden looked bare and bereaved without its colorful flowers.

noun a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

• The deceased's body was taken to the mortuary for further examination.
• I heard they found something strange in the mortuary last night.
• I never want to step foot in a mortuary, it gives me the creeps.
• The abandoned factory felt like a mortuary, with its eerie silence and empty halls.