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Nouns (3)

n. a short poem of songlike quality

language, words

n. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

Verbs (1)

v. write lyrics for (a song)

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (4)

adj. used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"

adj. of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"

adj. relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"

adj. expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"

Fuzzynyms (8)

inscription, lettering

n. letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

substance, content, message, subject matter

n. what a communication that is about something is about

n. something written by one's own hand

n. your name written in your own handwriting

Synonyms (25)

affectional, affective, emotive

adj. characterized by emotion

bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy

adj. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

cathartic, releasing

adj. emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

electric, charged, supercharged

adj. fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech"

low-down, funky

adj. (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

adj. prone to emotion; "hot-blooded Latin-Americans"

adj. intensely affecting the mind or emotions; "spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience"; "a mind-blowing horror story"

temperamental, moody

adj. subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"

adj. excessively or abnormally emotional

adj. full of or expressing deep emotion; "soulful eyes"; "soulful music"

adj. used of music

Antonyms (1)

adj. used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; "a dramatic tenor"; "a dramatic soprano"

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