funeral dirge

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A song or piece of music expressing mourning, typically for the dead, played at a funeral.

dirgeNOUN + dirge

Categories:

funeral

Examples (10)

  • The organist played a somber funeral dirge as the coffin was lowered.
  • A lone piper's haunting funeral dirge echoed across the hills.
  • The composer is famous for his melancholic funeral dirges.
  • As the procession started, a slow funeral dirge began to play.
  • In our culture, it is tradition to sing a funeral dirge to honor the dead.
  • The film's saddest scene was accompanied by a powerful funeral dirge.
  • I can still hear the sorrowful notes of that funeral dirge in my mind.
  • The choir performed a beautiful, yet heartbreaking, funeral dirge.
  • There was a profound silence in the church, broken only by the sound of the funeral dirge.
  • He wrote the lyrics for the funeral dirge himself, as a final tribute to his friend.