serenading
Wooing with song
Serenading is singing or playing music for someone, typically outdoors beneath their window as a romantic gesture.
The image is of a suitor with a guitar beneath a balcony: He stood serenading her until she opened the window.
More loosely, serenading can mean any musical performance directed at a particular person: The band serenaded the birthday girl.
Fretted stringed instrument
- singingVocal music-making
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- balladNarrative poem or song
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
strumming · acoustic · harmony · voice · tune · strings · accompaniment · lute
Vocal music performer
- musicianOne who performs melodies
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- songMusical piece with words
- recitalSolo musical performance
solo · entertainment · spectacle · busking · gondolier · mariachi · quartet · ensemble
Romantic pursuit of another
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- admirerOne who esteems another
- belovedOne who is treasured
- balconyRaised exterior platform
windowsill · gallantry · amorous · devotion · paramour · beau · fiancé · fiancée
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- twilightLight after sunset
- starryFilled with luminous points
- nocturneContemplative keyboard piece
nightingale · lullaby · windowsill · candlelight · midnight · dusk · gloaming · fireflies
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
crooning · strumming · acoustic · harmony · voice · tune · strings · accompaniment · lute · mandolin
singer
Vocal music performer
recital · solo · entertainment · spectacle · busking · gondolier · mariachi · quartet · ensemble · soloist
wooing
Romantic pursuit of another
balcony · windowsill · gallantry · amorous · devotion · paramour · beau · fiancé · fiancée · betrothal
moonlight
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
nocturne · nightingale · lullaby · windowsill · candlelight · midnight · dusk · gloaming · fireflies · silhouette
passion
Intense emotional drive
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- captivationState of being fascinated
- adorationProfound loving regard
longing · heartfelt · tender · intimate · allure · desire · fondness · devotion · swoon · spellbinding
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, chat-up line
- singing activitieskaraoke, choir, humming, caroling, crooning
- crooningsoft singing, smooth vocals, love song, torch song, ballad
- affectionhug, kiss, care, cuddle, caress
serenadingjeering
Vocal public mockery
heckling · booing · catcalling · taunting · berating
serenadingcackling
Harsh, staccato laughter
shrieking · screeching · wailing · caterwauling · howling
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