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elegiac

adjective

/ˌɛl.ɪˈdʒaɪ.ək/

Meaning

Expressing sorrow, often for something past; resembling an elegy.

The novel ends on an elegiac note, mourning the lost era.

mournful, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, nostalgic

joyful, cheerful, celebratory

elegiac tone, elegiac poem, elegiac mood

extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding

feeling, expressing, or causing sadness or grief

likely to happen or be true, but not certain

very bad or unpleasant

Based on false reasoning or misleading arguments.

Relating to human existence, often concerning meaning or purpose of life.