threnodial

T1H4R1E1N1O1D2I1A1L1

adjective

Pertaining or similar to a threnody.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivethrenodial (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining or similar to a threnody.

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

    1887, Bret Harte, chapter 7, in The Crusade of the Excelsior

    Synonyms: elegiac, threnodic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining or similar to a threnody.

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APA

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Chicago

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