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MELANCHOLY
somber, sombre, melancholy
(adjective) grave or even gloomy in character; âsolemn and mournful musicâ; âa suit of somber blackâ; âa somber moodâ
melancholy, melancholic
(adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; âgrowing more melancholy every hourâ; âher melancholic smileâ; âwe acquainted him with the melancholy truthâ
melancholy
(noun) a feeling of thoughtful sadness
melancholy
(noun) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
melancholy (comparative more melancholy, superlative most melancholy)
(literary) Affected with great sadness or depression.
Synonyms
• (thoughtful sadness): melancholic
• See also sad
Noun
melancholy (countable and uncountable, plural melancholies)
(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.
Source: Wiktionary
Mel"an*chol*y, n. Etym: [OE. melancolie, F. mélancolie, L. melancholia, fr. Gr. Malice, and 1st Gall.]
1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. Shak.
2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.
3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] "Hail, divinest Melancholy !" Milton.
4. Ill nature. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mel"an*chol*y, a.
1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. Shak.
2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.
3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.
4. Favorable to meditation; somber. A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. Evelin.
Syn.
– Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous; afflictive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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