threnody

noun

thren·o·dy ˈthre-nə-dē How to pronounce threnody (audio)

plural threnodies

: a song of lamentation for the dead : elegy

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Threnody encompasses all genres. There are great threnodies in prose (such as the lines from Charles Dickens’ Bleak House upon the death of Little Jo: "Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead…."), in poetry (as in W. H. Auden’s "Funeral Blues": "The stars are not wanted now: put out every one, / Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun…."), and in music (Giovanni Pergolesi’s "Stabat Mater," for one). Threnody, which we borrowed from the Greek word thrēnōidia (from thrēnos, the word for "dirge"), has survived in English since the early 1600s. Melody, tragedy, and comedy are related to threnody through the Greek root that forms their ending-aeidein, which means "to sing."

Example Sentences

the composer's cello concerto was composed as a moving threnody for his late wife

Recent Examples on the Web His diary shrank to a litany of suffering and a threnody for what might have been.

Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018 Most critics acknowledged the score’s beautiful moments, especially Cleopatra’s death scene, in which the character’s plaintive lyrical lines are capped by a chilling choral threnody.

Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017 Needless to say, Murray’s threnody for Europe is as fundamentally incoherent as its late-19th-century originals.

Pankaj Mishra, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017 Threnody in X (FTF), Soda Pop (FTF), Corn Hives (FTF), Facts (FTF),

Sophie Brown, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2011

threnody

noun

as in lament

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss the composer's cello concerto was composed as a moving threnody for his late wife

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lament
elegy
dirge
requiem
elegiac
taps
monody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

eulogy
paean
panegyric
encomium

单词	threnody
释义	threnody noun thren·o·dy ˈthre-nə-dē plural threnodies : a song of lamentation for the dead : elegy Did you know? Threnody encompasses all genres. There are great threnodies in prose (such as the lines from Charles Dickens’ Bleak House upon the death of Little Jo: "Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead…."), in poetry (as in W. H. Auden’s "Funeral Blues": "The stars are not wanted now: put out every one, / Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun…."), and in music (Giovanni Pergolesi’s "Stabat Mater," for one). Threnody, which we borrowed from the Greek word thrēnōidia (from thrēnos, the word for "dirge"), has survived in English since the early 1600s. Melody, tragedy, and comedy are related to threnody through the Greek root that forms their ending-aeidein, which means "to sing." Synonyms dirge elegy lament requiem See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the composer's cello concerto was composed as a moving threnody for his late wife Recent Examples on the Web His diary shrank to a litany of suffering and a threnody for what might have been. Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018 Most critics acknowledged the score’s beautiful moments, especially Cleopatra’s death scene, in which the character’s plaintive lyrical lines are capped by a chilling choral threnody. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017 Needless to say, Murray’s threnody for Europe is as fundamentally incoherent as its late-19th-century originals. Pankaj Mishra, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017 Threnody in X (FTF), Soda Pop (FTF), Corn Hives (FTF), Facts (FTF), Sophie Brown, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2011 Word History Etymology Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos dirge + aeidein to sing — more at drone, ode First Known Use 1634, in the meaning defined above threnody noun as in lament a composition expressing one's grief over a loss the composer's cello concerto was composed as a moving threnody for his late wife Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance lament elegy dirge requiem elegiac taps monody Antonyms & Near Antonyms eulogy paean panegyric encomium
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