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Meaning of threnodic in English:

‘Strenuous fireworks, hoarse violin figures and a quietly threnodic contemplation are all there.’

‘Similarly, the somber and threnodic second movement proves to be an elegy for the idealization of a war hero.’
‘It ends with the title theme given an almost threnodic treatment, as a solo violin bridges the orchestral passages.’
‘Something of its threnodic sensuality is continued in the Violin Concerto, designed as a memorial to the teenage daughter of Mahler's widow.’
‘The theme's permutations are occasionally playful, often reflective, sometimes troubled, but never as threnodic as anything in the earlier quartet.’