lyrical

/'lirik/

Thân thiện

The dancer's lyrical performance moved the audience to tears.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Expressing deep personal emotion in a beautiful, poetic, or song-like way: Describes something that conveys strong feelings, often love, joy, or sadness, in a manner that is expressive, graceful, and reminiscent of poetry or song.
   • Suitable for or suggestive of singing; having the qualities of a song: Describes language, movement, or expression that is melodious, flowing, and musical in nature.

Usage

• The word "lyrical" is primarily used as an adjective to describe artistic works (like poetry, prose, or dance), performances, or language that is emotionally expressive and beautifully crafted.
• It can describe a person's style or manner of speaking/writing when it is particularly poetic and heartfelt.

Examples

• Describing artistic expression:
  • Her novel is filled with lyrical descriptions of the countryside.
  • The poet's lyrical verses touched the hearts of everyone in the audience.
• Describing performance or movement:
  • The ballet was praised for its lyrical and graceful choreography.
  • He has a lyrical quality to his piano playing.
• Describing speech or writing style:
  • She became quite lyrical when speaking about her childhood home.

Advanced Usage

• "To wax lyrical": To speak or write about something with great enthusiasm and in a richly expressive, poetic manner.
  • He waxed lyrical about the flavors of the homemade wine.

Variants and Related Words

• Lyric (adjective): Of or relating to a type of poetry that expresses personal emotions, often in a song-like form. (e.g., )
• Lyric (noun): The words of a song; or a short poem expressing personal feeling.
• Lyricism (noun): The quality of being lyrical, expressing emotion in beautiful language.
  • The lyricism of her writing is remarkable.
• Lyricist (noun): A person who writes the words for songs.

Synonyms

• Poetic: Having the qualities of poetry.
• Expressive: Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
• Melodious: Pleasant-sounding; musical.
• Rhapsodic: Effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic.

Antonyms

• Prosaic: Ordinary or unimaginative.
• Unemotional: Not showing or feeling emotion.
• Harsh: Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

Idioms and Phrases

• Wax lyrical: As detailed in 'Advanced Usage'.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. expressing deep emotion
   • the dancer's lyrical performance
2. suitable for or suggestive of singing

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