Synonyms of elegies

elegies

noun

plural of elegy

as in laments

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss

"O Captain! My Captain!" is Walt Whitman's elegy on the death of President Lincoln

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laments
• dirges
• requiems
• taps
• threnodies
• elegiacs
• monodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eulogies
• encomiums
• panegyrics
• paeans

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elegies

Their books are therefore, in some respects, elegies to a conception of reading and writing which seems to be nearing an end. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

The touchstones are plentiful—Harmonia’s cyclical drift, Alice Coltrane’s stargazing elegies, gamelan’s hypnotic shimmer—but the song is strange and unpredictable. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Last week, some of the brightest minds of my generation left us angry elegies and poetic travelogues. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026