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dirgelike

dirgelike adjective: resembling a dirge: slow and depressing.

Adjective

dirgelike (comparative more dirgelike, superlative most dirgelike)

  1. 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

Forms of dirgelike

comparativemore dirgelike
superlativemost dirgelike
alternative formdirge-like

Origin of dirgelike

From dirge + -like.

Questions about dirgelike

What does dirgelike mean?
Dirgelike means resembling a dirge: slow and depressing.
What part of speech is dirgelike?
Dirgelike is an adjective.

Words near dirgelike in the dictionary

  1. direwolf
  2. direwolves
  3. dirge
  4. dirged
  5. dirgeful
  6. dirgelike
  7. dirges
  8. dirging
  9. dirgy
  10. dirham
  11. dirhamnolipid

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