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requiem

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of requiem

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss
  • The choir will sing Mozart's Requiem.
Synonyms of requiem

dirge, elegy, lament
Near Antonyms of requiem

encomium, eulogy, paean, panegyric

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