gravediggers
They excavate plots
Gravediggers are workers who dig graves for burial.
The job involves preparing burial plots in cemeteries, typically using shovels and backhoes.
Figuratively, gravediggers are those who contribute to something's demise: the gravediggers of democracy, Critics called the new policies the gravediggers of the welfare state.
Tool for moving earth
- excavationAct of unearthing
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- soilGround matter for planting
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
trench · backhoe · pickaxe · wheelbarrow · manual labor · toil · sweat · calluses
Putting a body underground
- funeralService honoring the dead
- casketBurial container
- coffinBurial container for remains
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
tombstone · hearse · pallbearers · eulogy · shroud · mortuary · wake · crypt
Danish prince's revenge tragedy
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- skullHead's bone casing
- YorickDeceased royal entertainer
- sextonChurch building caretaker
churchyard · gallows humor · graveside · mortality · memento mori · Edgar Allan Poe · gothic fiction · horror
Fascinated by death grotesquely
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
grim · dark · sinister · deathly · creepy · spectral · uncanny · grotesque
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- dignityInnate personal worth
- respectRegard with honor
solemnity · silence · ceremony · remembrance · tribute · condolence · contemplation · gravity
shovel
Tool for moving earth
- excavationAct of unearthing
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- soilGround matter for planting
spade · trench · backhoe · pickaxe · wheelbarrow · manual labor · toil · sweat · calluses · overalls
interment
Putting a body underground
cemetery · tombstone · hearse · pallbearers · eulogy · shroud · mortuary · wake · crypt · mausoleum
Hamlet
Danish prince's revenge tragedy
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- skullHead's bone casing
- YorickDeceased royal entertainer
sexton · churchyard · gallows humor · graveside · mortality · memento mori · Edgar Allan Poe · gothic fiction · horror · folklore
ghoulish
Fascinated by death grotesquely
haunting · grim · dark · sinister · deathly · creepy · spectral · uncanny · grotesque · chilling
mourning
Period following loss
respect · solemnity · silence · ceremony · remembrance · tribute · condolence · contemplation · gravity · poignancy
- burial customsburial, burial rites, burials, burial customs, tombs
- cemeteriescemetery, burial, headstones, headstone, gravesites
- Shakespeare servantsservants quarters, attendants, pages, stewards, porters
gravediggersmourners
Those lamenting a death
eulogists · grief counselors · bereaved · pallbearers · clergy
gravediggersmidwives
Childbirth support specialists
obstetricians · lifesavers · birth attendants · doctors · surgeons
gravediggersgrave robbers
Those who excavate interments illegally
body snatchers · resurrectionists · exhumers · desecrators · necromancers