Synonyms for ballad

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bal-uh d

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl əd

Définition of ballad

Origin : late 15c., from French ballade "dancing song" (13c.), from Old Provençal ballada "(poem for a) dance," from balar "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance" (see ball (n.2)).

noun narrative song

Example sentences :

It was the ballad she had sung at Christmas—in what different mood!
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

The hint of this ballad is found in Arndt's Murchen, Berlin, 1816.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

This ballad was written on the occasion of a Horticultural Festival.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Apropos, how do you like this thought in a ballad I have just now on the tapis?
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

On the present occasion, I was prepared with a ballad of his.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

There I turned, and saw her stand like a lady in a ballad leaning after me in the moonlight.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

The age of ballad collection and collation had fairly set in.
Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie

The 'end of the auld sang' of the Scottish Parliament was the end also of the ballad.
Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie

But for this, among other reasons, the genuine antiquity of the ballad is under some suspicion.
Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie

But the balladists and ballad characters had their own gauges of conduct.
Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie

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