CHORIAMBICS Antonyms
Definition of CHORIAMBICS
choriambus
Best Opposite Words For CHORIAMBICS
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amphibrachs | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta). • A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica). | ||||||||
anapestics | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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dactylics | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • A dactylic verse. | ||||||||
dimeter | nounn | |||||||
noun • A line in a poem having two metrical feet. • A poetic metre in which each line has two feet. | ||||||||
iambics | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or consisting of iambs noun • a verse line consisting of iambs | ||||||||
monometer | nounn | |||||||
noun • A line of verse containing a single metrical foot. | ||||||||
pyrrhics | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece • of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables • of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans) noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables • an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare | ||||||||
spondees | nounn | |||||||
noun • a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables | ||||||||
trochaics | nounn | |||||||
noun • A poetical composition of this kind. |