elegiac

Main Entry:
elegiac [el-i-jahy-uhk, -ak, ih-lee-jee-ak]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lamenting
Synonyms: doleful, funereal, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful, threnodial
Main Entry: poetic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition
Synonyms: anapestic, dactylic, dramatic, elegiac, epic, epical, epodic, iambic, idyllic, imaginative, lyric, lyrical, melodious, metrical, odic, rhythmical, romantic, songlike, tuneful
Antonyms: prosaic
Main Entry: poetical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: poetic
Synonyms: anapestic, dactylic, dramatic, elegiac, epic, epical, epodic, iambic, idyllic, imaginative, lyric, lyrical, melodious, metrical, odic, rhythmical, romantic, songlike, tuneful
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