elegy

Meaning (English)

a poem or piece of writing lamenting someone who has died

Meaning (मराठी)

शोककाव्य, मृतांविषयीचे शोकगीत

Used in a sentence

The paper carried an elegy for the workers who died cleaning the sewer.

गटार साफ करताना मरण पावलेल्या कामगारांसाठी वृत्तपत्राने शोककाव्य प्रसिद्ध केले.

Synonyms

lament, dirge, requiem

Antonyms

ode, panegyric