melancholy
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5.9
- adjective
- /ˈmɛlənˌkɑli/
:
melancólico
- But walking alone, I have found, is the best cure for post-divorce melancholy, better than team sports.
- a melancholy man
- a melancholy tale
- profoundly melancholy
And it's like that's the there's a melancholy smile they have on their face.
- And it's like that's the there's a melancholy smile they have on their face.
- Tay seemed in quite a melancholy mood.
- And the other guy's just much more sedate and kind of calm and a little, you know, a little kind of, I don't know, just sort of melancholy.
Examples
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The movie's melancholy tone left the audience in deep thought about their own experiences.
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In the sight of an old pair of shoes, there is something profoundly melancholy. -- attributed to Gustave Flaubert
Academic text (2002) -
- No, it's really a melancholy song.
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I must confess that I became melancholy then and still am melancholy.
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You are the most melancholy man I've ever known, Mr. Lincoln.
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Holly remarks on the way old photographs always bring melancholy along for the ride.
Academic text (2007) -
The air seemed so lifeless, the light melancholy and filled with shadows.
Fiction book (1992) -
From 1873, he often mentioned that he felt melancholy and old because of his infirmities.
Academic text (1995) -
My novel is only a parody of other fables, a solace for melancholy spirits.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Convinced that her ruin was imminent, Lady Fujitsubo grew melancholy, her tangled feelings replete with secret foreboding."
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
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3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
205
2.1
Feeling sad or unhappy
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
52
4.6
Serious and sad in feeling or mood
29
2.5
Feeling sad and without much hope
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
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3.9
Feeling deep sadness because of a loss
15
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
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3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
8
4.4
Feeling sad and not very hopeful
5
7.2
Feeling deep, quiet sadness
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
Antonyms
Compounds
A plant from northern Europe with long pointed leaves and one reddish-purple flower head
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Melancholy as an adjective means feeling or showing deep sadness. The word comes from Greek melas 'black' and chole 'bile', and because 'black bile' was linked to sadness, we use melancholy to describe a sad mood or scene.