dirgenoun [ C ]
uk/dɜːdʒ/us/dɝːdʒ/a slow sad song or piece of music, sometimes played because someone has died
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cantata
- fantasia
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- passage
- playlist
- polka
- reel
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- symphony
- trio
- tune
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Singing
Examples from literature
- His long improvised dirges will ring for ever in my ears.
- No long line of troops, no sound of dirges, no trappings of woe, marked the funeral of General Hancock.
- Soul-stirring dirges added to the solemn horror of the scene.
- The dirges are supremely beautiful, their language simple and direct, but perfect in descriptive touches and in the cadence of the reiterated burden.
- Wailing an endless dirge, the dismal notes prolong.