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Meanings of dirge in English
Spanish
canto fúnebre Catalan
cant fúnebre Somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral.
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Usage of dirge in English
1
But changing the painful dirge that is our national anthem would help.
2
Since then we have often heard the death dirge sung in Montenegro.
3
Having intoned the two lines the flock took up the doleful dirge.
4
Another change of frequencies brought orchestral music into the room-a funeral dirge.
5
They were a paean of passion, but the dirge of its denial.
6
I would as soon go home and compose a dirge as anything.
7
A spooky little set from West Auckland dirge rockers The Demi Whores.
8
But my dread of that dirge kept me from accepting these invitations.
9
As he worked, Foaly unconsciously sang a verse of the Riverbend dirge.
10
A musical dirge now fell on Paula's ear from the convent chapel.
11
Sometimes, by way of providing a varied entertainment, they sing a dirge.
12
The slow, endless clanging filled their room, as mournful as a dirge.
13
Edric's fingers plucked out a dirge of soft chords as he continued.
14
Instead of sleeping until eleven I'm kept awake by this Polish dirge.
15
Poor fellows, I own I can't sing a pious dirge for them.
16
The former a pretentious dirge, the latter Macca at his cutesy worst.
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Translations for dirge
Spanish
Dirge through the time
Dirge across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common