Dirge
[dɜːdʒ] or [dɝdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
Typist: Manfred--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
Checker: Phelps
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Elegy, funeral song, mournful song.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Requiem, lament, threnody, elegy, wake, coronach
ANT:Anthem, 'The Deum', Jubilate
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Definition
n. a funeral song or hymn.
Typed by Ellie
Examples
- Miss Mills was copying music (I recollect, it was a new song, called 'Affection's Dirge'), and Dora was painting flowers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Pile dirge on dirge; rouse the funereal chords; let the air ring with dire wailing; let wild discord rush on the wings of the wind! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Miss Mills was conversational for a few minutes, and then, laying down her pen upon 'Affection's Dirge', got up, and left the room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was as if the night sang dirges with clenched teeth. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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