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Comparative
more elegiac
Superlative
most elegiac
1
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
2
expressing or displaying the sadness and sorrow felt due to loss, death, or a past event
- The poem had an elegiac tone, mourning the loss of a beloved friend.
- Her elegiac speech at the memorial captured the deep grief of the occasion.
- The artist's elegiac paintings depicted the melancholy of a bygone era.
- The novel’s elegiac passages explored the themes of regret and mourning.
- At the cemetery, the elegiac atmosphere was palpable among the mourners.