Definition of threnody in English:

threnody

nounPlural threnodies ˈθrɛnədiˈθrɛnədi

A lament.
a brooding threnody to urban desolation
Example sentencesExamples
- The love poem has turned into something else with the death of the beloved, the acute sadness in the poem seeming to move it toward the elegy or threnody.
- In three sections (two large ones sandwiching a short middle), it begins with a threnody in the solo viola over an accompaniment in the lower instruments, with commentary by other orchestral soloists.
- His threnody captured the awful essence of untimely death in early-twentieth-century black societies that prized marriage and reproduction.
- In spite of being denied even the predictable weepy-eyed juvenile threnodies for the local TV news, many parents expressed disappointment with the school closure.
- This track is a threnody - contemplative, measured and stately in progress.
- The second movement is an eerie threnody, while the third manages almost to resolve the emotional trauma of the first.
- This dazzling facade is not, however, what makes Elgar a great composer: for his mature works turn out to be threnodies on Edwardian opulence and might.
- At the close, he switches back to the minor, violins softly reiterating the sad opening motive like a threnody of distilled passion.
- ‘Birth Of An Object’ sounds out a manual poetry of machinic stanzas, marking the persistence of the industrial age in forgotten shop floors still grinding out indistinct objects, a sort of industrial threnody.
- Considered over a lifetime, written by a dying old man in the remnants of his ducal palace in Palermo, it is a threnody to a fallen patrician class.
- Thomson's memorial poem to the Lord Chancellor, dedicated to William Talbot, is as much a work of political opposition as it is a threnody.
- It is a mournful threnody, measuring to the final cost the waste and destruction caused by the edenic myths of California that have defined it throughout its existence.
Synonyms
wail, wailing, lamentation, moan, moaning, groan, weeping, crying, sob, sobbing, keening, howl, complaint
lament, dirge, requiem, elegy, funeral chant, funeral song, burial hymn, dead march, keen, plaint, knell

Derivatives

threnodial

adjectiveθrɛˈnəʊdɪəlθrəˈnoʊdiəl

The nine-minute title track that closes the album is almost unrelenting in its threnodial darkness, bedecked by spooky sawing violin, steady classical piano and playful passages that serve only to plunge you deeper into the all-encompassing, unnervingly seductive gloom.
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps I ought not to use the word ‘trifle’ in connection with a composition of a threnodial and dirge-like character.

threnodic

adjectiveθrɛˈnɒdɪk

The theme's permutations are occasionally playful, often reflective, sometimes troubled, but never as threnodic as anything in the earlier quartet.
Example sentencesExamples
- Something of its threnodic sensuality is continued in the Violin Concerto, designed as a memorial to the teenage daughter of Mahler's widow.
- It ends with the title theme given an almost threnodic treatment, as a solo violin bridges the orchestral passages.
- Similarly, the somber and threnodic second movement proves to be an elegy for the idealization of a war hero.
- Strenuous fireworks, hoarse violin figures and a quietly threnodic contemplation are all there.

threnodist

nounˈθrɛnədɪstˈθrɛnədəst

While middle-aged women of pious persuasion are novelizing as hugely as ever, adolescent girl threnodists have fallen into a decline.
Example sentencesExamples
- R. shows Jerome in many of his numerous roles, as novelist, theologian, chronographer, epistolographer, satirist, biographer, biblical scholar, literary historian, translator, controversialist, threnodist, and ascetic expert.
- As much as she has lost, her status as a conquering hero separates her from the threnodists.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos 'wailing' + ōidē 'song'.

Definition of threnody in US English:

threnody

nounˈTHrenədēˈθrɛnədi

A lament.
a brooding threnody to urban desolation
Example sentencesExamples
- In three sections (two large ones sandwiching a short middle), it begins with a threnody in the solo viola over an accompaniment in the lower instruments, with commentary by other orchestral soloists.
- This dazzling facade is not, however, what makes Elgar a great composer: for his mature works turn out to be threnodies on Edwardian opulence and might.
- Thomson's memorial poem to the Lord Chancellor, dedicated to William Talbot, is as much a work of political opposition as it is a threnody.
- The second movement is an eerie threnody, while the third manages almost to resolve the emotional trauma of the first.
- At the close, he switches back to the minor, violins softly reiterating the sad opening motive like a threnody of distilled passion.
- The love poem has turned into something else with the death of the beloved, the acute sadness in the poem seeming to move it toward the elegy or threnody.
- ‘Birth Of An Object’ sounds out a manual poetry of machinic stanzas, marking the persistence of the industrial age in forgotten shop floors still grinding out indistinct objects, a sort of industrial threnody.
- This track is a threnody - contemplative, measured and stately in progress.
- Considered over a lifetime, written by a dying old man in the remnants of his ducal palace in Palermo, it is a threnody to a fallen patrician class.
- His threnody captured the awful essence of untimely death in early-twentieth-century black societies that prized marriage and reproduction.
- In spite of being denied even the predictable weepy-eyed juvenile threnodies for the local TV news, many parents expressed disappointment with the school closure.
- It is a mournful threnody, measuring to the final cost the waste and destruction caused by the edenic myths of California that have defined it throughout its existence.
Synonyms
wail, wailing, lamentation, moan, moaning, groan, weeping, crying, sob, sobbing, keening, howl, complaint
lament, dirge, requiem, elegy, funeral chant, funeral song, burial hymn, dead march, keen, plaint, knell

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos ‘wailing’ + ōidē ‘song’.

单词	threnody
释义	Definition of threnody in English: threnody nounPlural threnodies ˈθrɛnədiˈθrɛnədi A lament. a brooding threnody to urban desolation Example sentencesExamples The love poem has turned into something else with the death of the beloved, the acute sadness in the poem seeming to move it toward the elegy or threnody. In three sections (two large ones sandwiching a short middle), it begins with a threnody in the solo viola over an accompaniment in the lower instruments, with commentary by other orchestral soloists. His threnody captured the awful essence of untimely death in early-twentieth-century black societies that prized marriage and reproduction. In spite of being denied even the predictable weepy-eyed juvenile threnodies for the local TV news, many parents expressed disappointment with the school closure. This track is a threnody - contemplative, measured and stately in progress. The second movement is an eerie threnody, while the third manages almost to resolve the emotional trauma of the first. This dazzling facade is not, however, what makes Elgar a great composer: for his mature works turn out to be threnodies on Edwardian opulence and might. At the close, he switches back to the minor, violins softly reiterating the sad opening motive like a threnody of distilled passion. ‘Birth Of An Object’ sounds out a manual poetry of machinic stanzas, marking the persistence of the industrial age in forgotten shop floors still grinding out indistinct objects, a sort of industrial threnody. Considered over a lifetime, written by a dying old man in the remnants of his ducal palace in Palermo, it is a threnody to a fallen patrician class. Thomson's memorial poem to the Lord Chancellor, dedicated to William Talbot, is as much a work of political opposition as it is a threnody. It is a mournful threnody, measuring to the final cost the waste and destruction caused by the edenic myths of California that have defined it throughout its existence. Synonyms wail, wailing, lamentation, moan, moaning, groan, weeping, crying, sob, sobbing, keening, howl, complaint lament, dirge, requiem, elegy, funeral chant, funeral song, burial hymn, dead march, keen, plaint, knell Derivatives threnodial adjectiveθrɛˈnəʊdɪəlθrəˈnoʊdiəl The nine-minute title track that closes the album is almost unrelenting in its threnodial darkness, bedecked by spooky sawing violin, steady classical piano and playful passages that serve only to plunge you deeper into the all-encompassing, unnervingly seductive gloom. Example sentencesExamples Perhaps I ought not to use the word ‘trifle’ in connection with a composition of a threnodial and dirge-like character. threnodic adjectiveθrɛˈnɒdɪk The theme's permutations are occasionally playful, often reflective, sometimes troubled, but never as threnodic as anything in the earlier quartet. Example sentencesExamples Something of its threnodic sensuality is continued in the Violin Concerto, designed as a memorial to the teenage daughter of Mahler's widow. It ends with the title theme given an almost threnodic treatment, as a solo violin bridges the orchestral passages. Similarly, the somber and threnodic second movement proves to be an elegy for the idealization of a war hero. Strenuous fireworks, hoarse violin figures and a quietly threnodic contemplation are all there. threnodist nounˈθrɛnədɪstˈθrɛnədəst While middle-aged women of pious persuasion are novelizing as hugely as ever, adolescent girl threnodists have fallen into a decline. Example sentencesExamples R. shows Jerome in many of his numerous roles, as novelist, theologian, chronographer, epistolographer, satirist, biographer, biblical scholar, literary historian, translator, controversialist, threnodist, and ascetic expert. As much as she has lost, her status as a conquering hero separates her from the threnodists. Origin Mid 17th century: from Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos 'wailing' + ōidē 'song'. Definition of threnody in US English: threnody nounˈTHrenədēˈθrɛnədi A lament. a brooding threnody to urban desolation Example sentencesExamples In three sections (two large ones sandwiching a short middle), it begins with a threnody in the solo viola over an accompaniment in the lower instruments, with commentary by other orchestral soloists. This dazzling facade is not, however, what makes Elgar a great composer: for his mature works turn out to be threnodies on Edwardian opulence and might. Thomson's memorial poem to the Lord Chancellor, dedicated to William Talbot, is as much a work of political opposition as it is a threnody. The second movement is an eerie threnody, while the third manages almost to resolve the emotional trauma of the first. At the close, he switches back to the minor, violins softly reiterating the sad opening motive like a threnody of distilled passion. The love poem has turned into something else with the death of the beloved, the acute sadness in the poem seeming to move it toward the elegy or threnody. ‘Birth Of An Object’ sounds out a manual poetry of machinic stanzas, marking the persistence of the industrial age in forgotten shop floors still grinding out indistinct objects, a sort of industrial threnody. This track is a threnody - contemplative, measured and stately in progress. Considered over a lifetime, written by a dying old man in the remnants of his ducal palace in Palermo, it is a threnody to a fallen patrician class. His threnody captured the awful essence of untimely death in early-twentieth-century black societies that prized marriage and reproduction. In spite of being denied even the predictable weepy-eyed juvenile threnodies for the local TV news, many parents expressed disappointment with the school closure. It is a mournful threnody, measuring to the final cost the waste and destruction caused by the edenic myths of California that have defined it throughout its existence. Synonyms wail, wailing, lamentation, moan, moaning, groan, weeping, crying, sob, sobbing, keening, howl, complaint lament, dirge, requiem, elegy, funeral chant, funeral song, burial hymn, dead march, keen, plaint, knell Origin Mid 17th century: from Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos ‘wailing’ + ōidē ‘song’.
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