knells
Somber tower sounds
Knells are the slow, solemn sounds of a bell, especially one rung to announce a death or funeral.
The word extends to any sound or sign that signals the end of something: The factory closure sounded the knells for the entire town.
As a verb, to knell is to ring in this mournful way.
Fee for passage
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- pealResonant ringing burst
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- clangLoud metallic sound
belfry · carillon · bronze · tower · cathedral · resonate · sonorous · reverberate
Service honoring the dead
- deathCessation of life
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- burialPlacing deceased underground
cemetery · hearse · tombstone · graveyard · wake · coffin · procession · mourners
toll
Fee for passage
clang · belfry · carillon · bronze · tower · cathedral · resonate · sonorous · reverberate · echo
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- deathCessation of life
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
burial · cemetery · hearse · tombstone · graveyard · wake · coffin · procession · mourners · black
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
premonition · doom · foreshadowing · presage · impending · fateful · ominous · dark · grim · inevitable
dirge
Mournful commemorative music
ceremony · sepulchral · solemnity · dignity · ritual · liturgy · sacred · somber · mournful · slow
knellspeals
Resonant ringing sounds
wedding bells · carillons · fanfares · Christmas bells · chimes
knellsbirth announcements
Messages sharing newborn news
heralds · dawn chorus · reveille · reveilles · clarion calls
- death knellsBells rung for dying