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1Dirge-Discursiveby ColeStipe20 termsJuly 13, 2009
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dirge definitions
# Definition Sets
1a funeral hymn or lament72 sets
2funeral hymn62 sets
3a funeral hymn or mournful speech56 sets
4funeral song51 sets
5a funeral song44 sets
6a funeral hymn37 sets
7funeral hymn, lament36 sets
8lament with music35 sets
9a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person32 sets
10mournful song23 sets
11a song of grief or lamentation17 sets
12funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)14 sets
13n. slow, sad music, esp. a funeral hymn13 sets
14a mournful song, especially for a funeral12 sets
15a lament with music, a funeral hymn11 sets
16a funeral song or tune10 sets
17a song for the dead9 sets
18a funeral hymn, a song or poem of grief8 sets
19a mournful song, a funeral song8 sets
20funeral hymn or lament7 sets
21a lament; a funeral song7 sets
22(n.) a mournful song, especially for a funeral (the bagpipers played a dirge as the casket was carried to the cemetery7 sets
23a song for the dead. its tone is typically slow, heavy, depressed, and melancholy7 sets
24a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead7 sets
25a song or hymn of grief or lamentation7 sets
26(n.) a mournful song, especially for a funeral (the bagpipers played a ___ as the casket was carried to the cemetery.6 sets
27song for the dead6 sets
28n. lament with music6 sets
29a mournful song or poem for the dead5 sets
30sad, mourning song5 sets
31(n.) funeral hymn5 sets
32a mournful song5 sets
33[n] sad, mourning song5 sets
34funeral hymn or mournful speech4 sets
35(n.) a mournful song, especially for a funeral (the bagpipers played a dirge as the casket was carried to the cemetery.)4 sets
36a funeral song or hymn4 sets
37a lament with music; a funeral hymn4 sets
38(n) a lament with music; a funeral hymn4 sets
39(n) a funeral hymn or lament.4 sets
40funeral song; slow mournful piece of music4 sets