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also elegiacal
as in depressing
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the sight of an old ruined church or castle can be a pleasantly elegiac experience
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Recent Examples of elegiac
Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2024
Harry Potter alum Ralph Fiennes would reprise Voldemort role: 'No question about it'
Berger shoots the film with an elegiac style that utilizes the stark black and white marble and Renaissance architecture to great emotional impact.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
Miguel’s journey may sway to a leisurely, elegiac art-film beat, but that rhythm barely conceals the pulsing machinery of a detective story.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
The ultraviolence hits an unsteady critical mass point somewhere around the arrival of the Wolverine clone — and all the gore can feel at odds with the elegiac tone.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
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In the Richter tradition, In a Landscape is elegiac and resigned yet quietly triumphant.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2024
Harry Potter alum Ralph Fiennes would reprise Voldemort role: 'No question about it'
Berger shoots the film with an elegiac style that utilizes the stark black and white marble and Renaissance architecture to great emotional impact.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
Miguel’s journey may sway to a leisurely, elegiac art-film beat, but that rhythm barely conceals the pulsing machinery of a detective story.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
The ultraviolence hits an unsteady critical mass point somewhere around the arrival of the Wolverine clone — and all the gore can feel at odds with the elegiac tone.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
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Thanks for following along. jen chaney Updated Nov. 5, 2024, 11:20 PM EST In all seriousness, this is depressing as hell Kornacki has been sharing a lot of percentage points and weird names of counties in the Midwest — Winnebago? — for the past five-plus hours.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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What’s more, twice as many people in the group that got the active treatment reported remission of their depressive symptoms compared with people in the placebo group: 45% vs. 22%.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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While both psilocybin and escitalopram showed comparable improvement in depressive symptoms, people who took psilocybin reported greater joy in their lives — a significant plus in keeping depression at bay.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
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Working with longtime collaborators John Collins and Nicolas Bragg, the funk-rock elegies and New Romantic jaunts turn brittle and deliberate.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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And then on March 29, Swift published an elegy for Partridge.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
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In a somewhat morbid twist, Bryon was not the only Bee Gees drummer to die this month.Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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As that night unfolded with a kind of morbid curiosity — was this really happening?Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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The rest of the collection taps into fanciful motifs, like the triangle edges in Royale that resemble a medieval flag or the zigzags and x-shapes found throughout.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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McDonald’s taps into nostalgia with its Happy Meal toys as well.Antonia DeBianchi, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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In the hands of Nelson, the song — with atmospheric, funereal production and Willie’s tearjerker vocals — becomes autobiographical.Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Streetlights were painted over in a funereal blue color to thwart air raids.Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015
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The hand drums, played here by Keith, make this one spooky dirge.Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
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Following long minutes of silence, a dirge of bagpipes began streaming from the church, suddenly growing loud as 10 pipers emerged with a corps of drummers behind, playing on as pallbearers rolled the casket out.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
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Emil Wakim’s pilot, who’s wearing AirPods, is delightfully chill about not knowing how to fly a plane.Rima Parikh, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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There’s an effortlessness to her collections that just feel really chill and easy.Emily Mercer, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Elegiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegiac. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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