dirge

Meaning

Noun

1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
2. (informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.

Verb

To sing dirges

Synonyms

lament

elegy

requiem

coronach

threnody

funeral song

service for the dead

sorrow

sad song

mournful melody

thrénodie

bridal march

Office for the Dead

dead-office

lamentation

dead march

monody

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɜːdʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.