Synonyms for dirge

Grammar : Noun

Spell : durj

Phonetic Transcription : dɜrdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for dirge

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Définition of dirge

Origin : early 13c., dirige (current contracted form is from c.1400), from Latin dirige "direct!" imperative of dirigere "to direct," probably from antiphon Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam, "Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight," from Psalm v:9, which opened the Matins service in the Office of the Dead. Transferred sense of "any funeral song" is from c.1500.

noun sad song

Example sentences :

Sometimes, by way of providing a varied entertainment, they sing a dirge.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

But it was only the cold wind from the mountains whistling a dirge.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

It was a dirge, which he was intoning as he bent over the cookstove.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

"Neither did he," he observed, and began to whistle what sounded like a dirge.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The entrance to the room where the Bella figlia had been succeeded by a dirge, was blocked.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

But my dread of that dirge kept me from accepting these invitations.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

For us it may be a pæan or it may be a dirge, and only the gods know which!
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

He was obeyed,—he died, it is said, before the dirge was finished.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson

It certainly looked as if a true prophet was writing that dirge!
Extract from : « The Story of the Cambrian » by C. P. Gasquoine

That sound was never out of their ears while they lived, and it was the dirge to which they died.
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

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