Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 19 compound words that contain ballad. The most common are listed below. Open ballad in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- power balladAn emotional rock song, generally focused on love, delivered with powerful vocals.
- ballad operaAn often racy and satirical genre of English stage entertainment that originated in the 18th century.
- border balladA traditional ballad from the border region connecting England and Scotland.
- bush balladA poem or a piece of folk music that celebrates traditional Australian culture, especially rural culture.
- murder balladA subgenre of the traditional ballad form dealing with a crime or a gruesome death.
- ballad operasplural of ballad opera: An often racy and satirical genre of English stage entertainment that originated in the 18th century.
- bothy balladA traditional song sung by farm labourers in northeast Scotland.
- pothouse balladA popular and often political song emerging from and performed in working-class taverns, pubs, and "pothouses" during the 18th and 19th centuries in the British Isles, which served common people by offering social commentary, political …
- ballad-mongersplural of ballad-monger: A seller or composer of ballads (especially the narrative poems).
- ballad-mongerAlternative form of balladmonger: A seller or composer of ballads (especially the narrative poems).
Compound words 19
- balladicCharacteristic of a ballad
- balladistOne who composes or performs ballads.
- balladlikeResembling or characteristic of a ballad.
- balladerA writer of ballads.
- balladesqueResembling or characteristic of a ballad.
- balladismThe writing or performance of ballads.
- balladizeTo perform ballads.
- balladlingA short ballad.
- balladmongerA seller or composer of ballads (especially the narrative poems).
- balladwiseIn the style of a ballad.