Synonyms for elegy
Definitions
- n. 1
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
He composed an elegy for his late friend.
Forms
- Plural
- elegies → dirges, laments, requiems, threnodies…
Example sentences
- lament One should not lament over past mistakes too long.
- requiem Tom composed a short requiem in Mary's honor.
- dirge Tom composed a dirge to honor the late emperor.
- poem This poem calls for great insight from the reader.
By length
- 4 letters
- poem2
- 5 letters
- dirge1
- 6 letters
- lament2
- 7 letters
- requiem3, trental, epicede
- 8 letters
- threnody, coronach
- 9 letters
- epicedium
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (poem2 = 2 syllables).