Dirge Moderate

Dirge has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

dirge coronach lament requiem threnody

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Verb

To sing dirges

See Also

trental dirgy funeral march epicedium kinnah dirige threne planctus

Related Terms

trental dirgy funeral march epicedium kinnah dirige threne planctus dirgeful myrology lamentation monody direct dirges dirgelike mournful dead march coronach threnody threnode

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

song

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

keen

Rhyming Words

urge orge virge serge targe barge surge norge purge verge forge merge gorge jorge harge parge farge large gurge marge

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