Elegiac
31elegiác — adj. m. (sil. gi ac), pl. elegiáci; f. sg. elegiácã, pl. elegiáce …
32elegiac — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sorrowful, mournful, funereal, plaintive; see sad 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sad, sorrowful, mournful, plaintive. ANT.: uplifting, inspiring, happy …
33elegiac — el|e|gi|ac [ ,elə dʒaıək ] adjective FORMAL expressing sadness, especially because someone has died or something no longer exists …
34elegiac — el·e·gi·ac || ‚elɪ dÊ’aɪək n. elegy, lament, dirge, mournful poem adj. sad, mournful (also elegiacal) …
35elegiac — a. Mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, dirgelike …
36elegiac — adj elegiacal, sorrowful, plaintive, mournful; sad, Fr. triste. melancholy; lugubrious, maudlin, emotional; epicedial, dirge like, threnodic, funereal, somber …
37elegiac — el·e·gi·ac …
38elegiac — UK [ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək] / US [ˌeləˈdʒaɪək] adjective formal expressing sadness, especially because someone has died or because something no longer exists …
39elegiac pentameter — Class. Pros. pentameter (def. 2). * * * …
40elegiac quatrain. — See heroic quatrain. * * * …