melancholy
/mˈɛlʌnkɑli/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
Adjective Satellite
grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
Noun
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
Noun
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
Noun
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
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brooding
gloom
gloominess
heavyheartedness
pensiveness
somberness
sombreness
Weltschmerz
world-weariness