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- nounmelancholy (noun)
- a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause:"an air of melancholy surrounded him" · "he had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work" · "at the center of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia"
- another term for melancholia (as a mental condition)
- historicalanother term for black bile
adjectivemelancholy (adjective)- having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive:"she felt a little melancholy" · "the dog has a melancholy expression"
- causing or expressing sadness; depressing:"the study makes melancholy if instructive reading"
OriginMiddle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- ‘black’ + kholē ‘bile’, an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause:
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Melancholy definition and pronunciation✕Melancholy definition and pronunciationOrganizing and summarizing search results for youA feeling or state of sadness, depression, or gloominess 1 3 5
It can also refer to a condition or temperament that is influenced by an excess of black bile, according to ancient and medieval medicine. 1 3 5
Some definitions and synonyms of melancholy from different sources are:Source Noun Adjective Synonyms Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1 6 depression of spirits, a pensive mood, or an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit, causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit, or pensive sorrow, grief, woe, despondency, dejection, misery, gloom, blues, depression, melancholia, etc. (noun); sad, depressed, unhappy, gloomy, somber, dismal, dreary, mournful, sorrowful, doleful, etc. (adjective) Dictionary.com 3 a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression, sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness, or the condition of having too much black bile affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed, causing melancholy or sadness; saddening, or soberly thoughtful; pensive same as above Cambridge Dictionary 5 sadness that lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason sad same as above Based on 4 sources: