elegiac

English Thesaurus

1. expressing sorrow often for something past (adj.all)

similar	:	sorrowful,
definition	:	experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss (adj.all)

2. resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	elegy, lament,
definition	:	a mournful poem; a lament for the dead (noun.communication)

pertainym	:	elegy, lament,
definition	:	a mournful poem; a lament for the dead (noun.communication)