Usually means: Emotional ballad expressing unrequited love.
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  1. torch song: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. torch song: Merriam-Webster
  3. torch song: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. torch song: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. torch song: Collins English Dictionary
  6. torch song: Vocabulary.com
  7. torch song: Wordnik
  8. torch song: Wiktionary
  9. torch song: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. torch song: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. torch song: Dictionary.com
  12. Torch Song (band), Torch Song, Torch song (disambiguation), Torch song: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. torch song: Rhymezone
  14. torch song: FreeDictionary.org
  15. torch song: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. torch song: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (torch song)

▸ noun:  A song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love; normally sung by a woman.

Similar:
torch singer, ballad, serenade, songstress, canzonet, show song, songbird, part song, lied, ladylove, more...

Types:
ballad, lament, dirge, more...

Phrases:
Torch Song Trilogy, more...

Adjectives:
far fetched, fancied, fancified, sugoi, faire, fabulous, fabe, swell, faddy, fabbo, chichi

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Similar:
torch singer, ballad, serenade, songstress, canzonet, show song, songbird, part song, lied, ladylove, more...

Types:
ballad, lament, dirge, more...

Phrases:
Torch Song Trilogy, more...

Adjectives:
far fetched, fancied, fancified, sugoi, faire, fabulous, fabe, swell, faddy, fabbo, chichi



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