melancholy

mel·an·chol·y  (mln-kl)

n.

1. Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom: "There is melancholy in the wind and sorrow in the grass" Charles Kuralt.

2. Pensive reflection or contemplation.

3. Archaic

a. Black bile.

b. An emotional state characterized by sullenness and outbreaks of violent anger, believed to arise from black bile.

adj.

1. Affected with or marked by depression of the spirits; sad. See Synonyms at sad.

2. Tending to promote sadness or gloom: a letter with some melancholy news.

3. Pensive; thoughtful.

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[Middle English melancolie, from Old French, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek melankholi : mels, melan-, black + khol, bile; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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melan·choli·ly adv.

melan·choli·ness n.

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melancholy [mel-an-kol-lee]

Noun

pl -cholies

1. a tendency to gloominess or depression

2. a sad thoughtful state of mind

Adjective

characterized by, causing, or expressing sadness [Greek melas black + kholē bile]

melancholic adjn

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Melancholy

See also attitudes; moods

lypemania

an abnormal tendency toward deep melancholy.

melancholia

a condition of abnormal gloom or depression, of ten of an intensity to become a form of insanity. — melancholiac, n., adj. — melancholie, n., adj.

melancholy

1. black bile, one of the four bodily humors, formerly believed to be the cause of gloom, ill temper, and depression.
2. melancholia.
3. a pensive, contemplative mood.
4. Obsolete, ill temper. — melancholiac, n., adj. — melancholie, n., adj.

tristimania

melancholia.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	melancholy - a feeling of thoughtful sadness sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness - a feeling of melancholy apprehension heavyheartedness - a feeling of dispirited melancholy pensiveness, brooding - persistent morbid meditation on a problem Weltschmerz, world-weariness - sadness on thinking about the evils of the world
	2.	melancholy - a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed depression - a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
	3.	melancholy - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy black bile bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body
Adj.	1.	melancholy - characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" melancholic sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
	2.	melancholy - grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" somber, sombre cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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melancholy

adjective 1. sad, down, depressed, unhappy, low, blue, miserable, moody, gloomy, dismal, sombre, woeful, glum, mournful, dejected, despondent, dispirited, melancholic, downcast, lugubrious, pensive, sorrowful, disconsolate, joyless, doleful, downhearted, heavy-hearted, down in the dumps (informal) woebegone, down in the mouth, low-spirited << OPPOSITE happy

noun 2. sadness, depression, misery, gloom, sorrow, woe, blues, unhappiness, despondency, the hump Brit. (informal) dejection, low spirits, gloominess, pensiveness << OPPOSITE happiness

Translations

melancholy [ˈmɛlənkəlɪ] n → melancolía

adj → melancólico

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melancholy [ˈmɛlənkəlɪ] n → mélancolie f

adj → mélancolique

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melancholy [ˈmɛlənkəlɪ] n → Melancholie f, Schwermut f

adj → melancholisch, schwermütig

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melancholy [ˈmɛlənkəlɪ] n → malinconia

adj → malinconico/a