elegizing
Composing funeral verse
Elegizing is mourning or commemorating someone or something in a mournful, reflective way—writing or speaking as if composing an elegy.
The word often describes lamenting what has passed or is passing: a documentary elegizing small-town America, critics elegizing the death of print journalism.
The tone is wistful rather than simply sad.
Intense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
dirge · requiem · threnody · funeral · obituary · condolence · wake · cortege
Gravely serious in mood
- solemnSerious and dignified
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- reverentFeeling profound respect
mournful · plaintive · bittersweet · pensive · reflective · meditative · contemplative · subdued
Metered poetic passage
rhyme · imagery · sonnet · couplet · quatrain · cadence · diction · enjambment
Stored past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- tributeOffering of respect
legacy · memoir · memorial · commemoration · keepsake · memento · retrospect · heritage
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
keening · dirge · requiem · threnody · funeral · obituary · condolence · wake · cortege · mourner
somber
Gravely serious in mood
- solemnSerious and dignified
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulSadly longing for something
reverent · mournful · plaintive · bittersweet · pensive · reflective · meditative · contemplative · subdued · hushed
verse
Metered poetic passage
lyric · rhyme · imagery · sonnet · couplet · quatrain · cadence · diction · enjambment · pastoral
memories
Stored past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
tribute · legacy · memoir · memorial · commemoration · keepsake · memento · retrospect · heritage · ancestors
- literary techniquesforeshadowing, alluding, symbolizing, satirizing, parodying
elegizingcelebrating
Observing with festivity
rejoicing · exalting · feting · glorifying · lauding
elegizingheralding
Signaling the approach of
welcoming · announcing · inaugurating · christening · introducing
elegizingexcoriating
Severely denouncing or censuring
vilifying · denouncing · condemning · mocking · satirizing
elegant, elegance, elegy, inelegant, elegantly, elegiac, inelegantly, elegances, elegancy