lyric :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (5)

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lyric, lyric poem

n. a short poem of songlike quality

lyric, words, language

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)

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v. write lyrics for (a song)

Adverbs (0)

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Adjectives (5)

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

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

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

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

Fuzzynyms (7)

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n. the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

message, content, subject matter, substance

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 (30)

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affectional, affective, emotive

adj. characterized by emotion

bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, 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)

charged, supercharged

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

funky, low-down

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"

moody, temperamental

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

overemotional, sloppy

adj. excessively or abnormally emotional

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

adj. used of music

Antonyms (1)

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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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