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threnody

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of threnody

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss

the composer's cello concerto was composed as a moving threnody for his late wife

Synonyms of threnody

dirge, elegy, lament, requiem

Words Related to threnody

elegiac, monody

Near Antonyms of threnody

encomium, eulogy, paean, panegyric

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