Definition of Dirge

1. Noun. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Exact synonyms: Coronach, Lament, Requiem, Threnody
Specialized synonyms: Keen
Generic synonyms: Song, Vocal
Derivative terms: Lament

Definition of Dirge

1. n. A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

Definition of Dirge

1. a funeral song [n -S] : DIRGEFUL [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirge

direct trust
direct vision
direct vision spectroscope
direct zoonosis
direful
direfully
direly
dirempt
dirempted
dirempts
direness
direnesses
direr
direst
dire straits
dirge (current term)
dirgeful
dirgelike
dirges
dirham
dirhams
dirhem
dirhems
dirigation
dirige
dirige
dirigent
dirigent
diriges
dirigible

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