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torch song en · NOUN

Etymology

From to carry a torch for (“to harbor feelings for”).

Meanings

1. A song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love; normally sung by a woman.
   • “Take Me Away” is a torch song about wanting to fall in love and be taken far from an immoral urban environment. 2014, Michael Slowik, After the Silents: Hollywood Film Music in the Early Sound Era, 1926-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 189:

Forms

Relateds

torch singer

Translations (3)

de Schmachtsong (song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love) · cmn 苦情歌 (song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love) · de Schmachtlied (song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love)