dirges
Songs for mourning
Dirges are slow, mournful songs or pieces of music, typically performed at funerals or to commemorate the dead.
The word extends to any solemn lament: The wind through the abandoned house sounded like a dirge.
Something dreary or tediously sorrowful might be called a dirge: His speech was a dirge of complaints.
Mournful expression of grief
- requiemMass for the deceased
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
burial · graveside · procession · hymn · threnody · keening · wake · memorial
Repetitive rhythmic phrase
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- minor keyScale with lowered third
- slow tempoUnhurried musical pace
- solemnSerious and dignified
organ · choir · somber · plaintive · monody · cantata · oratorio · bass
Vocal mourning for dead
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- traditionCustom passed through generations
ritual · widow · death chant · tribal · ceremonial
Boring through length
- boringFailing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- drearyDull and depressing
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
depressing · dull · lifeless · droning · uninspired · melancholy · bleak · dismal
lament
Mournful expression of grief
mourning · burial · graveside · procession · hymn · threnody · keening · wake · memorial · coffin
chant
Repetitive rhythmic phrase
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- minor keyScale with lowered third
- slow tempoUnhurried musical pace
solemn · organ · choir · somber · plaintive · monody · cantata · oratorio · bass · funeral march
keening
Vocal mourning for dead
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- ancestralOf one's forebears
tradition · ritual · widow · death chant · tribal · ceremonial
tedious
Boring through length
- boringFailing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- drearyDull and depressing
gloomy · depressing · dull · lifeless · droning · uninspired · melancholy · bleak · dismal · plodding
- songssong, songs, tune, folk ballads, melody
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- oral traditionfolk narratives, campfire tales, epics, oral poetry, storytelling circles
- song themeslove songs, breakup songs, heartbreak songs, wedding songs, protest songs
- vocal songslieder, folk ballads, love songs, ballads, chansons
- elegieselegies, lament, laments, death poem, keening
dirgesvictory songs
Music celebrating a win
wedding songs · paeans · carols · jubilees · drinking songs
dirgesjigs
Spirited folk dances
dance tunes · reels · polkas · gallops · tarantellas
- funeral dirgeMusic for mourning ceremonies