elegized

verb

past tense of elegize
as in wailed (for)

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  1. mourned
  2. deplored
  3. lamented
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  • Following her sudden death, Panettiere’s Nashville castmates — among her other costars and peers — mourned the actress.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Friends and colleagues mourned Panettiere’s death on social media.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of mourned
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  • 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
  • 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.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of deplored
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  • Authorities allege Mangione tracked Thompson after laying out plans to kill him in a manifesto that lamented corporate abuse and deadly greed in the health insurance industry.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • For years, Rivian owners have lamented the absence of captain’s chairs in the R1S, noting that the three-row SUV would be much improved with standalone seats instead of a bench in the second row.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of lamented
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“Elegized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegized. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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