melancholic

mel·an·chol·ic

 (mĕl′ən-kŏl′ĭk)

adj.

1. Affected with or subject to melancholy.

2. Of or relating to melancholia.

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mel′an·chol′ic n.

mel′an·chol′i·cal·ly adv.

melancholic

(ˌmɛlənˈkɒlɪk)

adj

relating to or suffering from melancholy or melancholia

n

(Psychiatry) a person who suffers from melancholia

ˌmelanˈcholically adv

mel•an•chol•ic

(ˌmɛl ənˈkɒl ɪk)

adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or affected with melancholia.

2. affected with melancholy; gloomy.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek]

mel`an•chol′i•cal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	melancholic - someone subject to melancholia   melancholiac depressive - someone suffering psychological depression
Adj.	1.	melancholic - characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" melancholy 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

melancholic

adjective

In low spirits:

blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful.

Idiom: down at the mouth.

Translations

melancholischMelancholikerMelancholikerin

apeamelankolinen

mélancoliquesombre

melankoličan

malinconico

melankolisk

melancholic

[ˌmelənˈkɒlɪk] ADJ → melancólico

melancholic

adj → melancholisch, schwermütig

n (liter) → Melancholiker(in) m(f)

melancholic

[ˌmɛlənˈkɒlɪk] adj → malinconico/a

mel·an·chol·ic

a. melancólico-a, rel. a la melancolía.