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dirge
[durj]
noun
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
any composition resembling such a song or tune in character, as a poem of lament for the dead or solemn, mournful music.
Tennyson's dirge for the Duke of Wellington.
a mournful sound resembling a dirge.
The autumn wind sang the dirge of summer.
Ecclesiastical.the office of the dead, or the funeral service as sung.
dirge
/ ɜː /
noun
a chant of lamentation for the dead
the funeral service in its solemn or sung forms
any mourning song or melody
Other Word Forms
- ˈ徱ڳܱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dirge1
Example Sentences
Austin Reaves is the Lakers’ breath of fresh air, a sharpshooting respite from all the drama and dirge, a stirring journey from undrafted to indefatigable.
The tone is relentless, and the score of slow and craggy strings is a dirge.
Al-Hijazi joined her relatives in the square, beating her chest to the rhythm of a funereal dirge, tears streaming down her cheek.
The score sustains single notes like a dirge as Leigh judiciously chooses which noises he’ll let barge into Pansy’s sterile life.
A psychedelic dirge but also a love song, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” captured a 1960s spirit of yin-yang duality — much like the band’s name itself.
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