ELEGIZED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

elegized

verb

past tense of elegize

as in wailed (for)

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Described as gentle and thoughtful, Odeh sought to find common ground with those who supposedly were his enemy and, as a result, his death was as mourned by the local Jewish community as by his loved ones.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Riley Green, and more mourned Anderson, and honored the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s generational talent.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

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Daunt deplored the dingy norm of London’s independent bookstores and spent months keying up his lighting.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who co-founded Yabloko in the 1990s and chairs its political committee, deplored the court’s ruling in an online statement.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

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Some lamented the format—essentially a full-length rendition of the LP, nothing more; venues were downsized as excitement (and prurient interest in the album’s salacious subject matter) began to dull.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
At the end of the four-hour meeting, Schiavo lamented that public health officials were not there to hear stories from the community.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

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