Elegiac and Nostalgic

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Elegiac

Elegiac adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
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Nostalgic and elegiac are semantically related. in lamenting topic. In some cases you can use "Nostalgic" instead an adjective "Elegiac".

Nostalgic

Nostalgic adjective - Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons.
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Elegiac and nostalgic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elegiac" instead an adjective "Nostalgic".
Nearby Word: nostalgia

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  • Comic Book / Corto Maltese Cynicism: The series is curiously impossible to classify, oscillating between a dream-like, nostalgic, elegiac tone on one hand and bitter, realistic cynism on the other.
    Source: Comic Book / Corto Maltese
  • Creator / William S. Burroughs Burroughs (1914-1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (Junky, Queer) to surreal and anarchic (Naked Lunch, and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (The Wild Boys and The Red Night Trilogy).
    Source: Creator / William S. Burroughs
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