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1. (n.) melancholy
a gloomy state of mind; dejection.
2. melancholy
thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
3. melancholy
a condition of depression and irritability formerly attributed to an excess of black bile.
4. (adj.) melancholy
affected with melancholy; depressed:
a melancholy mood.
5. melancholy
causing melancholy.
6. melancholy
thoughtful; pensive.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < LL melancholia < Gk melancholía condition of having black bile =melan-melan - +chol(ē) bile +-ia -ia)
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| Definition of 'melancholy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) melancholy
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
2. (noun) melancholy
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
3. (adj) black bile, melancholy
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
4. (adj) melancholy, melancholic
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
"growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
5. (adj) somber, sombre, melancholy
grave or even gloomy in character
"solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
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| Definition of 'melancholy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) melancholy
depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal
2. (adj) melancholy
producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event
3. (adj) melancholy
somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired
4. (adj) melancholy
favorable to meditation; somber
5. (noun) melancholy
depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess
6. (noun) melancholy
great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia
7. (noun) melancholy
pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness
8. (noun) melancholy
ill nature
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Sense: depression or sadness
He was overcome by a feeling of melancholy.
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 Afrikaans: melancholie |
 Arabic: كآبَه، سُوَيْداء |
 Bulgarian: меланхолия |
 Brazilian: melancolia |
 Czech: melancholie |
 German: die Melancholie |
 Danish: melankoli |
 Greek: μελαγχολία |
 Spanish: melancolía |
 Estonian: melanhoolia |
 Farsi: مالیخولیا |
 Finnish: melankolikko |
 French: mélancolie |
 Hebrew: עַצבוּת, מֶלַנכוֹליָה |
 Hindi: गहरी उदासी |
 Croatian: melankolija, sjeta |
 Hungarian: búskomorság |
 Indonesian: kesedihan |
 Icelandic: þunglyndi, depurð |
 Italian: malinconia |
 Japanese: 憂うつ |
 Korean: 우울, 침울 |
 Lithuanian: melancholija |
 Latvian: melanholija |
 Malay: kesedihan |
 Dutch: melancholie |
 Norwegian: tungsinn, melankoli |
 Polish: melancholia |
 Persian: مالیخولیا |
 Pashto: ماليخوليا،روانى ناروغ |
 Portuguese: melancolia |
 Romanian: melancolie |
 Russian: уныние |
 Slovak: melanchólia |
 Slovenian: otožnost |
 Serbian: melanholija |
 Swedish: melankoli |
 Thai: ภาวะเศร้าโศก |
 Turkish: melânkoli, hüzün |
 Taiwanese: 憂鬱 |
 Ukrainian: меланхолія, сум |
 Urdu: غمگینی، دلگیری |
 Vietnamese: sự u sầu |
 Chinese: 忧郁 |
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