English adjective: elegiac | |||
| 1. | elegiac resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy | ||
| Samples | An elegiac poem on a friend's death. | ||
| 2. | elegiac expressing sorrow often for something past | ||
| Samples | An elegiac lament for youthful ideals. | ||
| Similar | sorrowful | ||
| Antonyms | joyful | ||