Doggerel Definition

Poor quality poetry. The Scottish poet William McGonagall is famous for his doggerel and enjoys the dubious distinction of being regarded as the world's worst poet.

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[n] a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"

Synonyms

doggerel verse, jingle

See Also...

rhyme, verse

Related Terms

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, inco

Misc. Definitions

\Dog"ger*el\, a. [OE. dogerel.] Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- Chaucer.
\Dog"ger*el\, n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. -- Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. --Macaulay.