elegiac
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
an elegiac poem on a friend's death
Related & opposite
- elegy pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
expressing sorrow often for something past
an elegiac lament for youthful ideals
Related & opposite
- sorrowful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | elegy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sorrowful |