1. dirge - Noun
2. dirge - Adjective
3. dirge - Verb
A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA dirge, really." citation While typically viewed as producers of dark and gloomy music, the Cure have also yielded a number of upbeat songs. Source: Internet
It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, "‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ Source: Internet
It was a dirge for our slaughtered soldiers and, heard all through the night, it had an inexpressibly mournful and depressing effect. Source: Internet
I'll pause here so you can take out your tiny violins and play me a mournful dirge for all the hardships I endure. Source: Internet
A social upheaval is now beginning to occur that will be the funeral dirge of the America we love. Source: Internet
The atenteben dirge that provided a background to the roll call of the departed, served to remind us of the wisdom of Ephraim Amu when he specifically recommended this African instrument as part of the liturgy. Source: Internet