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dirges
noun
(dirge)
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
Synonyms:
coronach
,
lament
,
requiem
,
threnody
,
Words Related to
dirges
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threnody
,
requiem
,
lament
,
coronach
,
anthems
,
elegies
,
balladry
,
melodies
,
ballads
,
cacophonies
,
arioso
,
choruses
,
cacophonic
,
clangor
,
lamentations
,
handclaps
,
caterwaul
,
ditties
,
falsettos
,
droning
,
backbeat
,
keening
,
chorals
,
danse macabre
,
riffs
,
lullaby
,
melodiousness
,
opuses
,
polyrhythms
,
wailers
,
plainsong
,
descant
,
krautrock
,
requiems
,
hymns
,
synths
,
doomy
,
adagios
,
fanfares
,
plaintiveness
,
glissandos
,
euphony
,
tunes
,
overloud
,
crescendoes
,
outro
,
drumbeats
,
chords
,
oompah
,
chromaticism
,
tremolos
,
bombast
,
postlude
,
moog
,
celli
,
rhythmless
,
synthesizers
,
muzak
,
tunefulness
,
paeans
,
passacaglia
,
tintinnabulation
,
codas
,
harmoniums
,
kyrie eleison
,
sea chantey
,
quavers
,
songs
,
clattery
,
rhythms
,
barrelhouse
,
skirling
,
ballades
,
melancholy
,
recitatives
,
vocals
,
fugues
,
cadences
,
dancy
,
panegyrics
,
rousers
,
psychedelia
,
dissonances
,
accelerando
,
incantations
,
fingerpicking
,
lyrics
,
decrescendo
,
mewl
,
tinny
,
gutbucket
,
harmonic progression
,
sostenuto
,
interludes
,
chaconne
,
jangle
,
banjoes
,
polyrhythm
,
folk
,
canticles
,
dirges
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