Definition of Elegiac

communicating mourning or sorrow

Examples of Elegiac in a sentence

The elegiac poem brought everyone to tears during the funeral.  🔊

When Amy looked at the elegiac greeting card, she realized how much Greg missed her.  🔊

The military band played a stirring but elegiac tribute during the general’s burial ceremony.  🔊

As soon as I heard the elegiac tune in the movie, I knew a character was about to die.  🔊

The elegiac painting reveals the deep sorrow the artist felt after his daughter's death.  🔊

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