dirgelike

adjective

Definition of dirgelikenext
as in elegiacal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirgelike
  1. elegiac
  2. melancholy
  3. lamentable
  4. aching
  5. sorrowful
  6. funeral
  7. doleful
  8. plaintive
Adjective
  • Part memoir, part reportage, Thompson’s book is not only an elegiac tribute to a child whose life was cut short too soon, but also a searing indictment of the system that enabled the lynching and the subsequent cover-up.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Scorsese films are rarely elegiac, but Sheeran serves as not just an entry point into the mob but also a way to understand that there are no heroes — or anti-heroes — among this den of thieves.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
Definition of elegiac
Adjective
  • The melancholy video captures intimate moments where Payne and Cassidy are traveling the world, hugging, building Lego sets and, in the final image, sharing a kiss and a laugh.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Their relationship deepens over the course of the film, culminating in a final scene that ends their story with a melancholy ambivalence.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of melancholy
Adjective
  • To keep him in power is not only a vile curse upon the positive welfare of America, but a lamentable devaluing of our Jewish reasoning, empathy, and historicity.
    Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The governance within the (Spanish) FA is absolutely lamentable.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
Definition of lamentable
Adjective
  • Somebody Somewhere is tiny: a gorgeous, introspective, intimate story about a woman with devastatingly mundane problems whose chief obstacle is her own aching sense of grief and dislocation.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.
    Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of aching
Adjective
  • With just one episode remaining, the neo-Western sets the stage for sorrowful farewells and fresh beginnings.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For example, a seasoned concierge can often tell if a guest is having a challenging day, is sorrowful or sad about a recent loss, or exhibits other human emotions that show up in quiet cues.
    Jennifer C. Wolfe, Esq., Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of sorrowful
Adjective
  • Dido, after her lover Aeneas deserts her, kills herself with his sword on a funeral pyre, but not before building an effigy of him to burn alongside her.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Associated Press reported that the funeral location was not made public in advance to prevent a large crowd from gathering.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of funeral
Adjective
  • Self-contained in a suit and clad by ironic distance, the unnamed sort calls to mind all the doleful observers that have traipsed across the screen since il cinema went modern, highlighting a weakness of a film that could benefit from a touch more idiosyncrasy.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
  • These scenes are very often fun, filthy, hot, and, frankly, a relief after so much doleful, droopy coupling.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of doleful
Adjective
  • Santa Cruz’s tiny agonies manage a delicate balance between stately, shimmering guitar lines and plaintive synthesizer accompaniment while Bazan sings with a gusto that bests his finest performances.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Stunted by the work of its actors, this plaintive vision of the Aymara people remains at a remove, stronger as a provocation on paper than as a morality tale on the screen.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of plaintive
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