threnodial

English

Adjective

threnodial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining or similar to a threnody.
   • 1887, Bret Harte, chapter 7, in The Crusade of the Excelsior:

     "Perhaps I ought not to use the word 'trifle' in connection with a composition of a threnodial and dirge-like character," he continued deprecatingly.

Synonyms

• elegiac
• threnodic

Related terms

• threnodist