Definition for Threnody:

• thren'[= o]- di, n. an ode or song of lamentation.-- n. THRENE, a lament, lamentation.-- adjs. THRENET'IC, - AL; THREN[= O]' DIAL, THRENOD'IC.-- n. THREN'ODIST, a writer of threnodies. [ Gr. thr[= e]n[= o]dia-- thr[= e]nos, a lament, [= o]d[= e], a song.]

Synonyms for Threnody:

• n.

  •
  • blank verse,
  • ditty,
  • epigram,
  • doggerel,
  • epic,
  • free verse,
  • ballad,
  • cycle.
  •coronach (noun)
  • coronach.
  •dirge (noun)
  • march,
  • chant,
  • Monodies,
  • death march,
  • funeral song,
  • keen,
  • hymn,
  • threnody,
  • death song,
  • monody,
  • jeremiad,
  • cry,
  • elegy,
  • keens.
  •elegy (noun)
  • plaint,
  • plaints,
  • knell.
  •threnody (noun)
  • poem.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • dirge,
  • lament,
  • lamentation,
  • requiem,
  • song,
  • ululation,
  • vocal,
  • wailing,
  • keening,
  • keenings,
  • moanings,
  • weepings.

Antonyms for Threnody:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    encomium, panegyric, eulogy, paean.