Explanation and meaning of elegiac.

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elegiac

/,ɛlə'dʒaɪək/

Synonyms of elegiac Antonyms of elegiac Examples of elegiac Usage of elegiac Parts of elegiac Definition that contains elegiac Words sounding like elegiac Explanation of elegiac

adjective
expressing sorrow often for something past
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"an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"

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sorrowful
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
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"an elegiac poem on a friend's death"

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