dirgelike
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[edit]dirgelike (comparative more dirgelike, superlative most dirgelike)
- (music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
- 2009 January 16, Holland Cotter, “Black History, Alive in Washington”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.