melancholy in English dictionary

  • melancholy

    Meanings and definitions of "melancholy"

    • Affected with great sadness or depression.
    • (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
    • Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
    • adjective
      Affected with great sadness or depression.
    • noun
      (historical)
      Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
    • noun
      Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
    • A longing for the past, often idealized.
    • Affected with sadness or depression
    • Sadness or depression
    • adjective
      characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
    • adjective
      grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
    • noun
      An atmosphere of thoughtfull sadness.
      The melancholy of the moor, the death of the unfortunate pony, the weird sound which had been associated with the grim legend of the Baskervilles, all these things tinged my thoughts with sadness.
    • noun
      a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
    • noun
      a feeling of thoughtful sadness
    • noun
      a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

    Synonyms of "melancholy" in English dictionary

    depression, sadness, bodily fluid are the top synonyms of "melancholy" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of melancholy

    • melancholy ( plural  melancholies)
    • melancholy ( comparative more melancholy, superlative most melancholy)
    • melancholy (comparative more melancholy, superlative most melancholy)
    • melancholy (countable and uncountable, plural melancholies)
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