Synonyms for elegize
Definitions
- v. 1
To lament, as if in an elegy.
He elegized his lost comrades.
Related words
- Other spellings
- elegise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- elegized
e.g. elegized → keened, sighed, sorrowed, mourned…
Example sentences
- sigh When David got down, he breathed a sigh of relief.
- sorrow To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.
- mourn Don't mourn over the loss of your loved one too long.
- grieve She did nothing but grieve over her husband's death.
By length
- 4 letters
- keen1, sigh1, weep1, moan1, wail1
- 5 letters
- mourn1
- 6 letters
- sorrow2, grieve1, lament2, bemoan2, bewail
- 7 letters
- deplore2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorrow2 = 2 syllables).