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    mel·an·chol·y
    [ˈmel(ə)nˌkälē]
    noun
    melancholy (noun)
    1. 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"
    adjective
    melancholy (adjective)
    1. 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"
    Origin
    Middle 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.
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    noun
    1. a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause:
      desolation
      sadness
      pensiveness
      woe
      sorrow
      melancholia
      unhappiness
      dejection
      depression
      gloom
      gloominess
      misery
      low spirits
      moroseness
      doldrums
      defeatism
      pessimism
      dispiritedness
      despondency
      the blues
      dejectedness
      the dumps
      Opposite:
      cheerfulness
      happiness
      adjective
      1. having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive:
        sad
        sorrowful
        desolate
        melancholic
        mournful
        lugubrious
        gloomy
        pensive
        despondent
        dejected
        depressed
        depressing
        down
        downhearted
        downcast
        disconsolate
        glum
        miserable
        wretched
        dismal
        dispirited
        discouraged
        low
        blue
        morose
        funereal
        woeful
        woebegone
        doleful
        wistful
        unhappy
        joyless
        heavy-hearted
        low-spirited
        somber
        defeatist
        pessimistic
        down in the dumps
        down in the mouth
        morbid
        sunk in gloom
        in low spirits
        in the doldrums
        Opposite:
        cheerful
        happy
         

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        What is a mood of melancholy?
        a feeling of being very sad that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained A mood of melancholy descended on us. There is a brooding melancholy in his black and white photography. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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        What does it mean if someone looks melancholy?
        Melancholy is an intense feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time and which strongly affects your behaviour and attitudes. I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy. If someone feels or looks melancholy, they feel or look very sad.

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        How do you describe something that you see or hear as melancholy?
        You describe something that you see or hear as melancholy when it gives you an intense feeling of sadness. The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Obsolete a. b. 2. a. b. 3. 4. 5. a. b. 6. 7. Obsolete

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        How do you describe melancholy in a sentence?
        You describe something that you see or hear as melancholy when it gives you an intense feeling of sadness. [...] • sad, down, depressed, unhappy [...] • sadness, depression, misery, gloom [...] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins. Read more

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        What is the adjectival use of melancholia?
        The adjectival use is a Middle English innovation, perhaps influenced by the suffixes -y, -ly. Doublet of melancholia. melancholy (countable and uncountable, plural melancholies) (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours " of animal bodies.

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      3. Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. mel·an·chol·y (mĕl′ən-kŏl′ē) n. 1. Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom. 2. Pensive reflection or contemplation.

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        melancholy [ mel- uhn-kol-ee ] show ipa See synonyms for melancholy on Thesaurus.com noun, plural mel·an·chol·ies. a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.

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        melancholy noun mel·​an·​choly ˈmel-ən-ˌkäl-ē plural melancholies 1 : depression or dejection of spirits

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        Melancholia or melancholy (from Greek: µέλαινα χολή melaina chole, meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions.

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