dirge
/dɜːdʒ/noun
उच्चारण डर्ज
शोक-गीत, मातमी गीत
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noun
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[C]
a song sung in the past at a funeral or for a dead person
शोक-गीत, मातमी गीत
- the slow notes of a dirge
- The band played a dirge as the funeral procession moved slowly through the streets.
- A slow dirge was played as the coffin was carried out.
+ 3 more examples
- The choir sang a mournful dirge.
- The poet wrote a dirge for his dear friend.
- The wind moaned like a dirge around the empty house.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
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One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a song of mourning at a funeral is a dirge; a poem of mourning an elegy; a Christian Mass for the dead a requiem; a speech praising a dead person a eulogy; a song of victory or praise a paean; a song to send a child to sleep a lullaby.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: अंत्येष्टि पर शोक-गीत dirge; शोक-कविता elegy; मृतकों के लिए ईसाई प्रार्थना requiem; मृतक की प्रशंसा में भाषण eulogy; विजय या प्रशंसा का गीत paean; बच्चे को सुलाने का गीत lullaby।