Synonyms of elegies

elegies

noun

plural of elegy

as in laments

a composition expressing one's grief over a loss

"O Captain! My Captain!" is Walt Whitman's elegy on the death of President Lincoln

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laments
• dirges
• requiems
• taps
• threnodies
• elegiacs
• monodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eulogies
• encomiums
• panegyrics
• paeans

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elegies

Because so many of Gunn’s friends died in San Francisco, a city where Gunn had found happiness and freedom, then these elegies are also a monument to a time of communal sorrow and mourning. — Colm Tóibín, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Their books are therefore, in some respects, elegies to a conception of reading and writing which seems to be nearing an end. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

The touchstones are plentiful—Harmonia’s cyclical drift, Alice Coltrane’s stargazing elegies, gamelan’s hypnotic shimmer—but the song is strange and unpredictable. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026