Dirge

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music A funeral hymn or lament.
  • n. Music A slow, mournful musical composition.
  • n. A mournful or elegiac poem or other literary work.
  • n. Roman Catholic Church The Office of the Dead.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A funeral hymn; the funeral service as sung; hence, a song or tune expressing grief, lamentation, and mourning.
  • n. Synonyms Dirge, Requiem, Elegy, lament, threnody, coronach. The first three are primarily and almost uniformly suggested by the death of some person. A dirge or a requiem may be only music or may be a song. An elegy is a poem, which may or may not be sung. A requiem, being originally sung for the repose of the soul of a deceased person, retains a corresponding character when the music does not accompany words.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    song    vocal   
    Hyponym
    keen   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    monody    coronach    threnody    requiem    elegy    myriologue    office    lament   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    converge    diverge    emerge    merge    purge    reemerge    scourge    serge    splurge    spurge   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cadence    chant    lullaby    aria    lament    ditty    tolling    elegy    monotone    wail