NOUN | communication | elegy, lament | a mournful poem |
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Sounds | eh'lahjhiy | |
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Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... |
Meaning | A mournful poem; a lament for the dead. | |
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Synonym | lament | |
Broader | poem, verse form | A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
Spanish | elegía, lamento | |
Catalan | elegia | |
Adjectives | elegiac | resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy |
Nouns | elegist | the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead |
Verbs | elegize | compose an elegy |
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