Synonyms: elegiac
Definition: expressing sorrow often for something past
Usage: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals
Similar words: sorrowful
Definition: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Usage: sorrowful widows; a sorrowful tale of death and despair; sorrowful news; even in laughter the heart is sorrowful- Proverbs 14:13