Word
elegiac, adj.
expressing sorrow often for something past
<adj.all>
elegiac
sample sentences
"an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"
semantic pointers
similar to
sorrowful
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
<adj.pert>
elegiac
sample sentences
"an elegiac poem on a friend's death"
lexical pointers
derived from/pertains to
elegy