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What is "elegiac" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does elegiac mean in English? Meaning of elegiac definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "elegiac" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "elegiac": resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

Adjective

  • Meaning: resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
  • Example: an elegiac poem on a friend's death
  • Synonyms: elegiac

    • Meaning of "elegiac": expressing sorrow often for something past

    Adjective

  • Meaning: expressing sorrow often for something past
  • Example: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals
  • Synonyms: elegiac
  • Similar: sorrowful
  • Adjective: Of, or relating to an elegy. the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameterExpressing sorrow or mourning. Elizabeth Browning Elegiac griefs, and songs of love.Elizabeth Browning Elegiac griefs, and songs of love.

    • Synonyms:

    funereal, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, sad, doleful, threnodial,

    Antonyms:

    cheerful, joyful, happy,

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    elegiac in English: elegiac
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