'Doggerel' definitions:
Definition of 'doggerel'
(from WordNet)
noun
A comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind" [syn: doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle]
Definition of 'Doggerel'
From: GCIDE
- Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, a. [OE. dogerel.] Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. [1913 Webster]
- This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Doggerel'
From: GCIDE
- Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. [1913 Webster]
- Doggerel like that of Hudibras. -- Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'doggerel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amphigory,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- burlesque,
- cacophonous,
- caricatural,
- clumsy,
- coarse,
- crambo,
- crambo clink,
- crude,
- Doric,
- dysphemistic,
- farcical,
- graceless,
- gross,
- halting meters,
- harsh,
- Hudibrastic verse,
- improper,
- impure,
- in bad taste,
- inconcinnate,
- inconcinnous,
- incorrect,
- indecorous,
- inelegant,
- infelicitous,
- lame verses,
- limping meters,
- low,
- macaronic,
- macaronic verse,
- macaronics,
- nonsense verse,
- outlandish,
- parodic,
- rude,
- satiric,
- tasteless,
- uncourtly,
- uncouth,
- undignified,
- uneuphonious,
- unfelicitous,
- ungraceful,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- unseemly,
- vulgar