Antonyms of adj elegiac

1 of 2 senses of elegiac

Sense 2
elegiac -- (expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals")

INDIRECT (VIA sorrowful) -> joyful -- (full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion")

Similarity of adj elegiac

2 senses of elegiac

Sense 1
elegiac -- (resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death")

Sense 2
elegiac -- (expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals")
       => sorrowful (vs. joyful) -- (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13)

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