Resembling or having the character of a dirge; mournful, solemn, and expressing sorrow or lamentation.
From 'dirge' plus the suffix '-like' (meaning 'similar to'), creating a compound adjective that describes something resembling a funeral song.
When you describe something as 'dirgelike,' you're saying it has that haunting, mournful quality without actually being a song—a dirgelike silence is especially eerie!
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