eulogy
Praise for departed
A eulogy is a speech honoring someone who has died, typically delivered at a funeral or memorial service.
The speaker recounts the deceased's life, character, and impact on others: She gave a moving eulogy for her father.
More broadly, eulogy can mean high praise for anyone or anything: The book is a eulogy to small-town life.
Formal public speech
- encomiumFormal speech of tribute
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- addressSpeak to formally
- valedictionFormal parting statement
sermon · testimonial · remembrance · farewell · tribute · commemoration · reflection · elegy
Offering of respect
- commendationFormal expression of approval
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- laudationFormal expression of praise
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
appreciation · homage · honor · recognition · celebration · glorification · extolment · veneration
Service honoring the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- wakePath left in water
- requiemMass for the deceased
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
pallbearer · cortege · hearse · service · casket · graveside · interment · burial
What's passed down
- memoriesStored past experiences
- life storyAccount of someone's existence
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
tribute · keepsake · memento · biography · achievements · anecdotes · milestones · character
oration
Formal public speech
valediction · sermon · testimonial · remembrance · farewell · tribute · commemoration · reflection · elegy · monologue
tribute
Offering of respect
- commendationFormal expression of approval
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- laudationFormal expression of praise
accolade · appreciation · homage · honor · recognition · celebration · glorification · extolment · veneration · admiration
funeral
Service honoring the dead
last rites · pallbearer · cortege · hearse · service · casket · graveside · interment · burial · ceremony
legacy
What's passed down
- memoriesStored past experiences
- life storyAccount of someone's existence
- recollectionRecalled mental image
reminiscence · tribute · keepsake · memento · biography · achievements · anecdotes · milestones · character · virtues
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
condolence · sympathy · tears · heartache · solemnity · comfort · healing · closure · goodbye · passing
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- biography termsbiography, life stories, memoir, autobiography, life story
- ceremonial speechescommencement address, inaugural address, farewell address, wedding toast, ceremonial speech
- commemorationscommemoration, remembrance, memorial service, centennial, bicentennial
- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
eulogycondemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
denunciation · vilification · excoriation · censure · indictment
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