gravedigging
Unearthing burial plots
Gravedigging is the work of digging graves for burial.
The gravedigger is a stock figure in literature and film—earthy, philosophical, unbothered by death.
Figuratively, gravedigging suggests unearthing what should stay buried: The journalist's gravedigging into the scandal cost him his job.
In sports, gravedigging describes actions that seal an opponent's defeat.
Act of unearthing
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
mummy · antiquity · carbon-dating · ossuary · barrow · catacomb · necropolis · reliquary
Service honoring the dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- wakePath left in water
memorial · pallbearer · hearse · tombstone · epitaph · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
specter · phantom · revenant · sepulchral · moonlit · lantern · fog · crypt
Tool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- digUnearth by shoveling
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
soil · plot · exhume · coffin · casket · sexton · burial · interment
Violating something sacred
- lootingTheft during disorder
- trespassingUnauthorized presence on property
- resurrectionistsThose who exhume corpses illegally
- illegalForbidden by statute
prosecution · felony · forensics · evidence · black-market · anatomist · nightcrawler
excavation
Act of unearthing
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
sarcophagus · mummy · antiquity · carbon-dating · ossuary · barrow · catacomb · necropolis · reliquary · funerary
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- eulogyTribute for the dead
wake · memorial · pallbearer · hearse · tombstone · epitaph · crypt · mausoleum · sepulcher · requiem
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
haunting · specter · phantom · revenant · sepulchral · moonlit · lantern · fog · crypt · moss-covered
shovel
Tool for moving earth
earth · soil · plot · exhume · coffin · casket · sexton · burial · interment · cemetery
desecration
Violating something sacred
- lootingTheft during disorder
- trespassingUnauthorized presence on property
- resurrectionistsThose who exhume corpses illegally
illegal · prosecution · felony · forensics · evidence · black-market · anatomist · nightcrawler
gravediggingcremation
Burning the deceased
incineration · sky burial · alkaline hydrolysis · sea burial · embalming
gravediggingbackfilling
Replacing removed earth
burial · interment · covering · entombment · laying to rest
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