elegized

verb

past tense of elegize
as in wailed (for)

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  1. mourned
  2. deplored
  3. lamented
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  • For decades, two families in Washington County, Pennsylvania, mourned their daughters while the answer to who killed them remained a mystery.
    — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of mourned
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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
Definition of deplored
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  • Numerous people online have lamented the impending loss of the screensaver for Roku OS .
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Tonight, Musk lamented and maybe even mocked his own efforts.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of lamented
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“Elegized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegized. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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