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English adjective: elegiac

1. elegiac resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy


SamplesAn elegiac poem on a friend's death.

2. elegiac expressing sorrow often for something past


SamplesAn elegiac lament for youthful ideals.


Similarsorrowful


Antonymsjoyful









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