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- Dictionarydirge/dəːdʒ/
noun
- 1. a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
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DIRGE definition: 1. a slow sad song or piece of music, sometimes played because someone has died 2. a slow sad song…. Learn more.
The meaning of DIRGE is a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially : one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites. How to use dirge in a sentence. Did you know?
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.
A dirge is a song of mourning, performed as a memorial to someone who’s died. As you might imagine, a dirge is usually quite sad. Another word with a similar meaning that you might know is “requiem.”
DIRGE meaning: 1. a slow sad song or piece of music, sometimes played because someone has died 2. a slow sad song…. Learn more.
A dirge ( Latin: dirige, nenia [1]) is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as may be appropriate for performance at a funeral. Often taking the form of a brief hymn, dirges are typically shorter and less meditative than elegies. [2]
noun. 1. a funeral hymn. 2. a slow, sad song, poem, or musical composition expressing grief or mourning; lament. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
