coffined
Placed in casket
Coffined means placed in a coffin, used literally for the dead or figuratively for anything confined in a tight, box-like space: The body lay coffined in the parlor.
The figurative sense suggests oppressive enclosure: coffined in a cramped apartment, coffined by bureaucracy.
The word is literary and uncommon outside poetry or elevated prose.
Underground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
sepulcher · catacomb · chamber · sealed · stone · marble · pharaoh · pyramid
Burial container
- graveSerious and worrying
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- intermentPutting a body underground
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
hearse · pallbearer · undertaker · mortuary · funeral · plot · lowered · graveside
Unable to escape
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- boxedEnclosed in cardboard
- restrictedLimited in scope
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
suffocating · claustrophobic · imprisoned · contained · narrow · wooden · tight · airless
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- funeralService honoring the dead
eulogy · condolences · remembrance · widow · widower · lamentation · tears · black
tomb
Underground chamber for remains
sarcophagus · sepulcher · catacomb · chamber · sealed · stone · marble · pharaoh · pyramid · mummy
casket
Burial container
graveyard · hearse · pallbearer · undertaker · mortuary · funeral · plot · lowered · graveside · procession
trapped
Unable to escape
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- boxedEnclosed in cardboard
- restrictedLimited in scope
cramped · suffocating · claustrophobic · imprisoned · contained · narrow · wooden · tight · airless · darkness
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
funeral · eulogy · condolences · remembrance · widow · widower · lamentation · tears · black · veil
coffinedcremated
Burned after death
unburied · exhumed · disinterred · scattered · incinerated
- final nail in the coffinLast act ensuring failure
- nail in coffinFinal contributing setback
- coffin nailsMorbid cigarette slang
- last nail in the coffinUltimate cause of failure
- glass coffinTransparent burial container
- tiny coffin