DIRGES Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

dirges

noun

plural of dirge

as in laments

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss bagpipes played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader

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Recent Examples of dirges The pioneering alt-country band returns with its first album in 30 years—a set of cryptic, languid dirges that feels defiantly out-of-time. —

Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity. —

Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026 Further down the lineup, Friday has Bieber collaborator and indie fave Dijon alongside the melodic dirges of Ethel Cain. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.

— Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.

— Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026