English Explanatory Dictionary

threnetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to a threne
  2. sorrowful; mournful.

Pronunciation

/θɹəˈnɛtɪk/

Word forms

threnetic more threnetic most threnetic

Etymology

Ancient Greek θρηνητικός (thrēnētikós, “inclined to lament, querulous”). By surface analysis, threne + -etic.

Synonyms

dirgeful lamentful threnetical miserable unhappy atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed despondent disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive
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