variants also elegiacal

elegiac

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noun

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Recent Examples of elegiac
Adjective
Works of art have particular shapes (three-minute pop songs, three-act plays) and particular moods and tones (comic, tragic, romantic, elegiac). Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
Quietly elegiac and lushly romantic, this beloved piece captures the play’s contemplative pace and the sense of grief and yearning that runs throughout. Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025 The photographs bear poetic titles—Le Reflet de ce qu’il reste (The Reflection of What Remains), Gathering the Whispers—underscoring the elegiac tone. Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elegiac
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegiac
Adjective
  • His college career has come to an end in a very depressing way.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, his work is equal parts depressing and invigorating.
    Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Among American kids, over half who experienced a major depressive episode in the past year didn’t receive treatment.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • According to Agnifilo, three medical experts have diagnosed Combs with post-traumatic stress disorder, depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Overall, the snippet sounds like an elegy for Bryan’s vision of America.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The film marks his second time grappling with the postmodern author’s ideas on screen, following 2014’s Inherent Vice, a rueful elegy to California counterculture, which was itself the first, and to date only, official adaptation of Pynchon in cinema.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Most tourists come to London for the iconic landmarks and museums, but for those with a penchant for the foreboding, the city’s morbid history sets an especially spooky tone.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Across almost 20 novels, the British author spun fantastical tales with unsentimental wit, infusing his work with darkly morbid humor, blithe child endangerment, rotten and antagonistic adults, and a willingness to occasionally laugh at the misfortune of others.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Anaheim Hills Brass Tap will also feature rotating taps with new beers every few days.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The burden of infrastructure — more water taps, sewage lines, and roadways — has not been figured into the densification projection (check out the traffic on Wadsworth Boulevard now).
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The next seven frames felt funereal.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Not explained is whether Makary would be happier if drug companies placed ads with immobile patients, frowns, and funereal music.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At first a dirge, then the tempo rises, and the hymnal swells.
    Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Further down the lineup, Friday has Bieber collaborator and indie fave Dijon alongside the melodic dirges of Ethel Cain.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Per Deadline, the show will be set in 1991, a totally chill time to be a cop in Los Angeles.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a $400 win for your floors and your chill time.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Elegiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegiac. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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