Related Words for elegiac

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sorrowful
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Adjective, Adjective
elegy
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Noun
mournful
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Adjective
melancholic
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Adjective
poetic
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Adjective
lyrical
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Adjective
poignant
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Adjective
wistful
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Adjective
melancholy
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Noun
evocative
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Adjective
somber
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Adjective
unsentimental
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Adjective
lugubrious
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Adjective
sombre
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Adjective
sardonic
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Adjective
lilting
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Noun
poetical
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Name
plaintive
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Adjective
pensive
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Adjective
soulful
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Adjective
meditative
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Adjective
maudlin
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Noun
melodic
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Adjective
impressionistic
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Adjective
doleful
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Adjective
solemn
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Adjective
haunting
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Noun
dreamlike
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Adjective
heartfelt
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Adjective
dirge
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Noun
melodramatic
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Adjective
sentimental
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Adjective
epic
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Noun, Adjective
introspective
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Adjective
rueful
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Adjective
languorous
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Adjective
lyricism
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Noun
downbeat
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Noun
laconic
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Adjective
satiric
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Adjective
tuneful
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Adjective
paean
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Noun
allusive
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Adjective
reverential
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Adjective
morose
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Adjective
propulsive
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Adjective
autobiographical
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Adjective
filmic
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Adjective
bittersweet
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Noun
eloquent
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Adjective
funereal
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Adjective
eerie
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Noun
cinematic
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Adjective
nostalgic
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Adjective
contemplative
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Adjective
bravura
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Noun
poignancy
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Noun
prose
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Noun
sonorous
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Adjective
melodious
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Adjective
portentous
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Adjective
funerary
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Adjective
lyric
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Noun
mortuary
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Noun
emotional
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Adjective
sepulchral
xxx
Adjective
euphemistic
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Adjective
emotive
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Adjective
epigraphic
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Noun
reminiscent
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Noun
obituary
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Noun
epistolary
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Noun
erosive
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Adjective
hagiographic
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Adjective
dramatic
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Adjective
syllabic
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Adjective
hymnal
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Noun
epochal
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Adjective
ecliptic
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Noun
diegetic
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Adjective
epileptic
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Adjective
prosodic
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Adjective
eugenic
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Noun
couplets
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Noun
metre
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Noun
lament
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Noun
epigrams
xxx
Noun
quatrains
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Noun
meter
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Noun
ode
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Noun
stanzas
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Noun
pentameter
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Noun
verses
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Noun
sonnets
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Noun
pastoral
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Noun
poetry
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Noun
pathos
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Noun
mood
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Noun
prelude
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Noun
poets
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Noun
poem
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Noun
evocation
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Noun
tone
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Noun
sadness
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Noun
mistress
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Noun
meditations
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Noun
lover
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Noun
tribute
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Noun
farewell
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Noun
note
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Noun
genre
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Noun
melody
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Noun
consolation
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Noun
tenderness
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Noun
advanced
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Adjective
apollo
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Name
commonplace
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
doubting
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Noun
express
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
greek
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Name, Adjective, Verb
iambic
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Adjective, Noun
linear
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Adjective, Noun
lit
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
satirical
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Adjective
tragic
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Adjective, Noun
waltzes
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
collocation
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
headlines
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
cloth
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
daylight
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Noun, Verb