ALL meanings of dirge
dirge
D d - noun dirge a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead. 1
- noun dirge 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. 1
- noun dirge a mournful sound resembling a dirge: The autumn wind sang the dirge of summer. 1
- noun dirge Ecclesiastical. the office of the dead, or the funeral service as sung. 1
- noun dirge A lament for the dead, esp. one forming part of a funeral rite. 1
- noun dirge funeral music 1
- noun dirge dreary music 1
- countable noun dirge A dirge is a slow, sad song or piece of music. Dirges are sometimes performed at funerals. 0
- noun dirge a chant of lamentation for the dead 0
- noun dirge the funeral service in its solemn or sung forms 0
- noun dirge any mourning song or melody 0
- noun dirge a funeral hymn 0
- noun dirge a slow, sad song, poem, or musical composition expressing grief or mourning; lament 0
- noun dirge A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. 0