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melancholy


I - noun
1. a feeling of thoughtful sadness (Freq. 4)
Hypernyms:
sadness, unhappiness
Hyponyms:
gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness, heavyheartedness,
pensiveness, brooding, world-weariness, Weltschmerz
2. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
Hypernyms:
depression
3. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
Syn:
black bile
Hypernyms:
liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour

II - adjective
1. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness (Freq. 3)
- growing more melancholy every hour
- her melancholic smile
- we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
Syn:
melancholic
Similar to:
sad
Derivationally related forms:
melancholic (for: melancholic), melancholia (for: melancholic)
2. grave or even gloomy in character
- solemn and mournful music
- a suit of somber black
- a somber mood
Syn:
somber, sombre
Similar to:
depressing, cheerless, uncheerful
Derivationally related forms:
sombreness (for: sombre), somberness (for: somber)

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