balladlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.

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Meanings

adjectiveballadlike (comparative more balladlike, superlative most balladlike)

comparative more balladlike · superlative most balladlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.

    This veteran jazz pianist’s new album, “Solo in Mondsee” (ECM), is a solo-piano record of improvisations, most of them balladlike and quite beautiful, even in their most sprawling phases.

    2007 August 19, Ben Ratliff, “Jazz as It Is and Was, and Flamenco as It Can Be”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
balladesque

Origin

From ballad + -like.

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Translations

Polish balladowy, balladyczny
  • balladowyTranslations
  • balladycznyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

balladlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balladlike

MLA

“balladlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balladlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balladlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balladlike.

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