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requiem

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of requiem

a composition expressing oneʼs grief over a loss

  • the choir will sing Mozartʼs Requiem
Synonyms of requiem

dirge, elegy, lament, threnody
Words Related to requiem

taps

elegiac (also elegiacal), monody
Near Antonyms of requiem

encomium, eulogy, paean, panegyric

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