Expressing Sorrow Crossword Clue

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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ELEGIAC

Updated: October 10, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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We think the answer is "ELEGIAC" which means:

adjective

• Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

adjective satellite

• Expressing sorrow often for something past

noun

• A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.

An example sentence would be:

• "She wrote an elegiac poem to mourn the loss of her beloved dog."
• "The photograph captured the elegiac beauty of the sunset."

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Source	#Number	Answer
New York Times07 Feb 1984	Across 26
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