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also elegiacal
as in depressing
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the sight of an old ruined church or castle can be a pleasantly elegiac experience
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Recent Examples of elegiac
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
Miguel’s journey may sway to a leisurely, elegiac art-film beat, but that rhythm barely conceals the pulsing machinery of a detective story.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
The ultraviolence hits an unsteady critical mass point somewhere around the arrival of the Wolverine clone — and all the gore can feel at odds with the elegiac tone.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
Similar to other great British poets of the club like Soft Cell's Marc Almond and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys who mined the elegiac sadness lurking around the edges of nightlife, Charli expertly captures the vulnerability and fallibility that lies behind the party girl persona.
—Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
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Adjective
Harry Potter alum Ralph Fiennes would reprise Voldemort role: 'No question about it'
Berger shoots the film with an elegiac style that utilizes the stark black and white marble and Renaissance architecture to great emotional impact.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
Miguel’s journey may sway to a leisurely, elegiac art-film beat, but that rhythm barely conceals the pulsing machinery of a detective story.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
The ultraviolence hits an unsteady critical mass point somewhere around the arrival of the Wolverine clone — and all the gore can feel at odds with the elegiac tone.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
Similar to other great British poets of the club like Soft Cell's Marc Almond and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys who mined the elegiac sadness lurking around the edges of nightlife, Charli expertly captures the vulnerability and fallibility that lies behind the party girl persona.
—Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegiac
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Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Dreadful game of the week: Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles — The Browns are just depressing, saddled with the debacle that is the acquisition of quarterback Deshaun Watson, whose numbers are just dreadful.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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What’s more, twice as many people in the group that got the active treatment reported remission of their depressive symptoms compared with people in the placebo group: 45% vs. 22%.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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While both psilocybin and escitalopram showed comparable improvement in depressive symptoms, people who took psilocybin reported greater joy in their lives — a significant plus in keeping depression at bay.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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Working with longtime collaborators John Collins and Nicolas Bragg, the funk-rock elegies and New Romantic jaunts turn brittle and deliberate.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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And then on March 29, Swift published an elegy for Partridge.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
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As that night unfolded with a kind of morbid curiosity — was this really happening?Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ask Insensitive Questions This is one time to keep your morbid curiosity to yourself.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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The rest of the collection taps into fanciful motifs, like the triangle edges in Royale that resemble a medieval flag or the zigzags and x-shapes found throughout.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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McDonald’s taps into nostalgia with its Happy Meal toys as well.Antonia DeBianchi, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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In the hands of Nelson, the song — with atmospheric, funereal production and Willie’s tearjerker vocals — becomes autobiographical.Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Streetlights were painted over in a funereal blue color to thwart air raids.Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015
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The hand drums, played here by Keith, make this one spooky dirge.Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
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Following long minutes of silence, a dirge of bagpipes began streaming from the church, suddenly growing loud as 10 pipers emerged with a corps of drummers behind, playing on as pallbearers rolled the casket out.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
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There’s an effortlessness to her collections that just feel really chill and easy.Emily Mercer, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
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That feels like the right answer, even if Viktor is being shockingly chill about the whole thing after Allison killed Harlan last season.Scott Meslow, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Elegiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegiac. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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