madrigals

Definition of madrigalsnext
plural of madrigal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madrigals
Noun
  • Ever wanted to dive into Shakespeare's sonnets or explore cinema analysis?
    Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Some have suggested that the Bard had romantic liaisons with men, in part implied by sonnets that are charged with homoerotic elements.
    Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Psalms of the fifth century BC posited seventy years as the standard length of a human life.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Craig Conway) Psalms Of The People (Salim Nan Daoine) (dir.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Carl Phillips on writing the poems that changed the course of his life.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The most exciting, most fun thing is writing poems.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • These books can be read as comedies of cognitive dissonance or as melancholy elegies for the very possibility of closure.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • All national odes are to Indiana coach Curt Cignetti for his good work.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The best of the bunch run the gamut from crowd-pleasing interpretations of tonka bean and leather to on-the-nose odes to a crackling fireplace.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.
    Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But that sequence of prose idylls was the core of the collection.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • These interludes are like ballads in-between heavy power chord tunes at a stadium rock concert; an experience somewhat akin to watching a big loud action movie such as this.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Months after its release, singles from the Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers wound their way up the radio charts alongside alt-rock holdovers and glistening pop ballads.
    Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Madrigals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madrigals. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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