heartfelt obituary
- noun
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obituario sentido
- The newspaper published a heartfelt obituary that moved many readers to tears.
Examples
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After her father's passing, Maria wrote a heartfelt obituary celebrating his generosity and achievements.
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The family appreciated the heartfelt obituary that captured the essence of their loved one so honestly.
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The family published a heartfelt obituary in the local newspaper.
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Many people shared their heartfelt obituaries online.
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After her father's passing, Maria wrote a heartfelt obituary celebrating his generosity and achievements.
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The family appreciated the heartfelt obituary that captured the essence of their loved one so honestly.
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The newspaper published a heartfelt obituary that moved many readers to tears.
Synonyms
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4.8
A published notice of a person's death with a short life story
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7.9
A notice in a newspaper or online about someone's death with a short life story
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'heartfelt' (sincere, deeply felt) directly modifies 'obituary' (a death notice), so the combined meaning — an obituary written with genuine emotion — is compositionally predictable. This straightforward adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and should be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Heartfelt obituary combines heartfelt (literally 'from the heart', meaning deep feeling) and obituary ('a notice about someone's death'). It creates the image of a death notice written with true emotion, so it means 'an obituary written with sincere feeling'.