threnody
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈθrɛnədi/
- Literature
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threnodia
- The organ started to play a melancholy threnody in a minor key, and the grin was wiped from Beth's face as Vivienne Nugent swept past up the center aisle, followed at a respectable pace by her husband.
- Threnody for the Victims
Examples
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Still, Holly convinces me that her essay is not just another threnody for the logocentric inheritance of the West.
Academic text (2007) -
The old threnody always bubbles up at times like this, when he thinks he's close to what?
Fiction book (1995) -
There was no time for even the most stylistically enchanting threnody.
Fiction book (2000) -
Listening to Penderecki's "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" becomes a powerful experience after such a concrete dramatic and musical assignment.
Academic text (1998) -
Prose that is poetry, lifesongs, and threnodies.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sad melody was a beautiful threnody for those we had lost.
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At the funeral, a moving threnody was performed to honor the deceased.
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The poet wrote a heartfelt threnody that expressed her deep sorrow for her friend.
Synonyms
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6.1
A sad song, poem, or cry that shows grief
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8.9
A musical piece sung at a funeral to honor the dead
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8.2
A slow sad song for people who have died
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7.7
A strong feeling of sadness that people show by crying
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8.1
A poem or song that shows sorrow for someone who has died
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3.2
Music that people play at a funeral to remember someone, usually slow and sad
A sad song sung at a funeral to honor the dead
A short musical piece with a sad, quiet mood
Antonyms
How Mournful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Threnody comes from the Greek threnos meaning 'lament' and the part -ody (like ode) meaning 'song', so a threnody is literally a 'song of mourning', a poem or piece of music used to remember someone who has died.