Monody

/ˈmɑnədi/

Synonyms for "monody" (119 found)

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Noun(1 words)

accord accordance alba anacreontic attune attunement balada ballad ballade bucolic canso chanson chant chime chiming clerihew concentus concert concord concordance

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consonance consonancy consort

Strong matches (36)

coronachdead marchdeath knelldeath songdiapason dirge dithyramb eclogue elegyenglish sonnetepic epicedium epigram epithalamium epode epopee epopoeia epos eulogy euphony

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funeral marchfuneral orationfuneral songgeorgic ghazelgraveside orationhaiku harmonics harmonyheavy harmonyhomophonyhoratian odeidyllitalian sonnet

Noun(2 words)

dirge elegy

Related words (59)

jingle keen knell limerick lyric madrigal monochord monophonymuffled drumsnarrative poemnursery rhymeode palinodepassing bellpastoralpastoral elegypastorela pastourellepetrarchan sonnetpindaric ode

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poem prothalamium requiem rhyme rondeau rondel roundel roundelaysapphic odesatire sestinashakespearean sonnetsloka song sonnetsonnet sequencesymphony synchronism synchronization tanka tenso tenzonethree-part harmonythrenode threnody triolettroubadour poemtune unison unisonance verse verselet versicle villanelle virelay

Noun(4 words)

lamentmonophonic musicsolo tune

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More general

5 entries

composition musicmusical compositionmusical workpoem

More specific

3 entries

aria ariosofuneral elegy

Collocations

6 entries

accompanied melodyfuneral elegymonophonic textureone voicesingle voicesolo piece

Inflections

1 entries

monodies

Derivations

2 entries

monodic monodically

Sample sentences

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Stroke by stroke, the great familiar monody of that incomparable curfew rose and fell in the stillness.

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All directions in life were blocked to him. He could not think, he could not sleep, his heart thudded to a deadening monody of fear. Fear that is itself the penalty of all things feared.

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