elegiac

/ˈɛlɪd‍ʒək/

/ˈɛlɪdʒək/

[adjective]

elegiac

[ADJECTIVE]

resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

expressing or displaying the sadness and sorrow felt due to loss, death, or a past event

Examples

1. This is the question now: is it properly elegiac?

2. The elegiac tone of this final section of the poem should give us some clues to the type of victory over paganism that Christ's birth is actually heralding here.

3. It's an elegiac tapestry of the old west that was, and it's full of brotherhood, betrayal, and just straight-up beautiful landscapes.

4. - You are part of a constellation of great Northern Irish poets and you read us some wonderful elegiac poems tonight.