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sing the blues

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elegize collapse: compose an elegy

bewail collapse

repine collapse: express discontent

deplore collapse: express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"; regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"

moan collapse

bemoan collapse

serenade collapse: a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman; sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers"

mourn collapse: feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child"; observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one

carol collapse: a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ); joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ; sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day"

blues collapse: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes; a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"

lament collapse: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"; express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

hootenanny collapse

intone collapse

croon collapse: sing softly

intonate collapse: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness"

chant collapse: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone; recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"

art song collapse

Christmas carol collapse

calypso collapse: (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years; rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf

torch song collapse: a popular song concerned with disappointment in love

love song collapse: a song about love or expressing love for another person

theme song collapse: a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie

noel collapse

lied collapse: a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano

ditty collapse: a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)

grieve collapse: feel grief; eat one's heart out; cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"

dirge collapse: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

yodel collapse: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto; sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

sigh collapse: an utterance made by exhaling audibly; a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees"; heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"; utter with a sigh

national anthem collapse: a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation

singing collapse: the act of singing vocal music

lilt collapse: a jaunty rhythm in music; articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way

sol fa collapse

dumps collapse: an informal expression for a mildly depressed state; "in the dumps"; "have the mopes"

vocalize collapse: utter speech sounds; pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"; sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

hymn collapse: a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation); praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God"; sing a hymn

blue devils collapse

tweedle collapse: entice through the use of music; play negligently on a musical instrument; sing in modulation

weep collapse

swan song collapse: a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)

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