Lyric

Word LYRIC
Character 5
Hyphenation lyr ic
Pronunciations /ˈlɪɹ.ɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Lyric"

What do we mean by lyric?

Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form. adjective

Relating to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a sonnet or ode. adjective

Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category. adjective

Lyrical. adjective

Having a singing voice of light volume and modest range. adjective

Of, relating to, or being musical drama, especially opera. adjective

Having a pleasing succession of sounds; melodious. adjective

Of or relating to the lyre or harp. adjective

Appropriate for accompaniment by the lyre. adjective

A lyric poem. noun

The words of a song. noun

To sing in a lyrical way.

Pertaining or adapted to the lyre or harp; fit to be sung to an accompaniment; hence, pertaining to or characteristic of song; suggestive of music or song.

Writing for or as if for the lyre, or with musical effect; composing songs, or poems of a song-like character: as, a lyric poet.

A composer of lyric poems. noun

A lyric composition or poem. noun

A verse of the kind commonly used in lyric poetry. noun

Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp. adjective

A lyric poem.

(also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lyric

The word "lyric" in example sentences

Each time she sang the title lyric, Zachy belted out "YES!" ❋ Elizabeth Bernstein (2011)

I have not interpreted the term lyric so rigidly as to exclude sonnets, ballads, elegiac verse, or even pieces of almost pure description. ❋ Various (N/A)

Set opener "Comin 'Home" instantaneously grabbed the attention of the audience, as Green and his electric guitar eased gently into a warmingly bluesy repetition of the title lyric ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Dear God, I hate myself" - the title lyric of the title track of ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Blame It On the Girls," he divided the audience in half, one group singing the title lyric and the other chanting "Blame In On the Boys."

Jim Croce played Lothario in the title lyric to "Time In a Bottle," only to be misheard as the far less romantic "Mime in a brothel." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Part-time Encinitas resident, the late George Harrison, had his title lyric to Got My Mind Set On You misheard as "Oh God, my mom sat on you." ❋ Unknown (2008)

The title lyric itself was misheard as "use your imagination." ❋ Unknown (2008)

But since it is most commonly found by itself in short poems which we call lyric, we may say that the characteristic of the lyric is that it is the product of the pure poetic energy unassociated with other energies, and that lyric and poetry are synonymous terms. ❋ John Drinkwater (1909)

As it was with metre and metaphor and description, so it was also with the indefinable something which we call lyric quality: the something which sings to our soul, and which sends a thrill of delight through our nerves or a gust of emotion across our nature in the same direct way as do the notes of certain voices, the phrases of certain pieces of music: instantaneously, unreasoningly and unerringly. ❋ Vernon Lee (1895)

These things outweigh a thousand times the glittering tinsel of the opera and give "Traviata" a merited place, not only beside the later creations of the composer, but among those latter-day works which we call lyric dramas to distinguish them from those which we still call operas, with commiserating emphasis on the word. ❋ Henry Edward Krehbiel (1888)

(In later years, as heard on the first Duets album, Sinatra would often alter the title lyric to "... ❋ Unknown (2010)

It has a simple melody that everybody can sing, and yet, the lyric is so poignant and everyone can relate to that feeling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I kind of think of that as like they're like songs with lyrics and the lyric is poetic or maybe has some kind of meaning or it's using language to evoke another response along with the musical backdrop. ❋ Liz Markus (2010)

Mystery Beatles lyric is a dream display at the Br ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

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