dirgelike

adj

dirgelike

adj

Etymology From dirge + -like.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing

  • Her “Coronation Theme: Organon,” made of black stereo speakers stacked up to the ceiling, sends dirgelike royal fanfares laced with the noise of shouting crowds shuddering through the room.2009 January 16, Holland Cotter, “Black History, Alive in Washington”, in New York Times:

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