synonyms
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balladry

[ bal-uh-dree ]SEE DEFINITION OF balladry
  • as inpoetry
  • as infolk music

Synonyms for balladry

  • verse
  • doggerel
  • paean
  • poems
  • poesy
  • rhyme
  • rime
  • rune
  • song
  • stanza
  • versification
  • metrical composition
  • rhyming
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Antonyms for balladry

  • prose
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR BALLADRY

Yet, potentially, Una Golden was as glowing as any princess of balladry.

There is a looseness and lushness, a romanticism and balladry, in the work, that is not quite characteristic.

The one introduced him to the study of British balladry, the other led him to the classic groves of Horace.

MORE RELATED WORDS FOR BALLADRY

folk music

nountraditional songs and music
  • balladry
  • country music
  • ethnic music
  • ethnomusicology
  • folk
  • folk ballads
  • folk songs
  • regional music

poetry

nounexpressive, rhythmic literary work
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