deathday
When life ended
A deathday is the anniversary of someone's death, formed as a parallel to birthday.
The term appears most famously in the Harry Potter series, where ghosts celebrate their deathdays, but it has broader use in commemorating the annual return of the date when a person died.
We visited her grave on her deathday.
Some cultures and traditions mark deathdays with rituals or remembrance ceremonies.
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- funeralService honoring the dead
wake · lamentation · condolences · shiva · keening · dirge · eulogy · obituary
Thing preserving remembrance
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- tributeOffering of respect
- legacyWhat's passed down
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
headstone · gravestone · tombstone · mausoleum · crypt · cemetery · graveyard · interment
- ghostApparition of the dead
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- partyGathering for celebration
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
Nearly Headless Nick · candles · dungeon · specter · apparition · haunt
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
funeral · wake · lamentation · condolences · shiva · keening · dirge · eulogy · obituary · hearse
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- tributeOffering of respect
- legacyWhat's passed down
epitaph · headstone · gravestone · tombstone · mausoleum · crypt · cemetery · graveyard · interment · burial
Hogwarts
- ghostApparition of the dead
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- partyGathering for celebration
Nearly Headless Nick · cake · candles · dungeon · specter · apparition · haunt
morbid
Unhealthily drawn to darkness
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
eerie · sinister · spectral · phantasmal · ghostly · haunting · chilling · grisly · sepulchral · deathwatch
deathdaybirthday
Annual date of origin
birth date · date of birth · nativity · arrival · naming day
deathdaybirthday
Annual date of origin
first day · day one · genesis · quickening