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Dirge
/dɜːdʒ/
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
📖 Definitions of "Dirge"
noun
- 1
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
- 2
A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
verb
- 1
To sing dirges
🔄 Synonyms of "Dirge"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lamentnoun | (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. |
| requiemnoun | A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person. |
| threnodynoun | A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy. |
| coronachnoun | (historical, Scotland, Ireland) A dirge or lamentation. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| threnodynoun | A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy. |
| coronachnoun | (historical, Scotland, Ireland) A dirge or lamentation. |
| lamentnoun | An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. |
| requiemnoun | A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person. |
| elegynoun | A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. |
| threnodenoun | (archaic) A dirge or funeral song. |
| dirigenoun | A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge. |
| funeral doomnoun | (music) An extreme subgenre of heavy metal music influenced by funeral dirges and played at a very slow tempo. |
| dumpnoun | A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. |
| gravedanceverb | Synonym of dance on someone's grave. |
| duannoun | A poem or song. |
| aubadenoun | (music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning. |
| dittynoun | A short, simple verse or song. |
| doggerelnoun | (poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure. |
| drear | (poetic, literary) Dreary. |
| diiambnoun | (poetry) A diiambus. |
| dumkanoun | (uncountable) A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine. |
| death/doomnoun | (music) Synonym of doom/death. |
| doom/deathnoun | (music) A hybrid genre derived from doom metal and death metal. |
| dreenoun | (chiefly Northumbria, Scotland, archaic) Grief; suffering; trouble. |
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