dirge
/DURJ/nouna mournful song or lament for the dead
“Bagpipes played a dirge as the casket passed.”
- Synonyms
- lament, elegy, requiem
- Antonyms
- anthem, celebration
- Memory hook
- dirge: music walking at funeral pace.
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