Synonyms of elegiac

elegiac 1 of 2

adjective

variants also elegiacal

as in depressing

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

the sight of an old ruined church or castle can be a pleasantly elegiac experience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depressing
• depressive
• morbid
• funereal
• chill
• lonely
• somber
• solemn
• sombre
• melancholy
• desolate
• depressed
• sad
• lugubrious
• morose
• sepulchral
• bleak
• grey
• sullen
• gloomy
• forlorn
• cheerless
• gray
• lonesome
• saturnine
• disconsolate
• dark
• glum
• black
• dismal
• darkening
• cold
• dreary
• drear
• melancholic
• comfortless
• cloudy
• dire
• murky
• miserable
• tenebrous
• wretched
• plutonian
• mournful
• Cimmerian
• godforsaken
• sorrowful
• dreich
• sunless
• tenebrific
• plaintive
• woebegone
• inconsolable
• blue
• mirthless
• hangdog
• despondent
• dispiriting
• discomfiting
• dejected
• unhappy
• pessimistic
• dismaying
• woeful
• discouraging
• upsetting
• distressful
• disheartening
• distressing
• desperate
• dim
• lamentable
• droopy
• menacing
• hopeless
• dull
• grim
• down
• oppressive
• negative
• dour
• drab
• colorless
• low
• threatening
• lowering
• louring
• loury
• lowery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cheerful
• friendly
• bright
• festive
• cheery
• comforting
• gay
• joyous
• cordial
• joyful
• sunshiny
• buoyant
• merry
• blithe
• mirthful
• gay
• jolly
• optimistic
• hopeful
• heartwarming
• encouraging
• blithesome
• cheering
• jocund
• lighthearted
• lightsome

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• cheerful
• friendly
• bright
• festive
• cheery
• comforting
• gay
• joyous
• cordial
• joyful
• sunshiny
• buoyant
• merry
• blithe
• mirthful
• gay
• jolly
• optimistic
• hopeful
• heartwarming
• encouraging
• blithesome
• cheering
• jocund
• lighthearted
• lightsome

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elegiac

2 of 2

noun

as in monody

Synonyms & Similar Words

• monody
• elegy
• taps
• dirge
• requiem
• lament
• threnody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eulogy
• paean
• panegyric
• encomium

• eulogy
• paean
• panegyric
• encomium

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