melancholic
5
7.2
- adjective
- /ˌmɛlənˈkɑlɪk/
:
melancólico
- As she sat by the window, the melancholic rain reminded her of lost love.
- melancholic temperament
- melancholic art
- melancholic gaze
And it really is, there's something so melancholic and, and bleak about, about what he puts out.
- And it really is, there's something so melancholic and, and bleak about, about what he puts out.
- A chorus, a power lines, hums A melancholic hymn.
- All right, The notion of being melancholic comes from the, the notion of black bile produced in the liver.
- And Darwin himself was this incredibly gentle and melancholic soul who was extremely horrified by the cruelty that the people and animals are capable of.
- By haplessly magnifying the glassy melancholic interiors.
- And and the melancholic impulse is built out of like how to get from one to the other.
- It was like like melancholic floral theme, which basically means very Moody, kind of like, you know, like Moody floral, Moody florals, right?
Examples
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I can't wait to hear it." "Well, this should be a fine, if melancholic, occasion.
Fiction book (2002) -
So that was a really hard, melancholic moment to say the least.
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I can't stop being melancholic
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Unlike classic art, avant-garde art, as I see it, has nothing melancholic about it.
Academic text (2007) -
Her 2008 album Everybody Knows is a haunting, melancholic compilation of her own and Cohen's songs.
Blog text (6) -
Fado songs, with their distinct melancholic mood and ritualized performance, helped create an original and romantic ambiance.
Academic text (2017) -
Consequently, I want to argue that the discipline is constitutionally fated to suffer from a quiet melancholic malaise.
Academic text (2002) -
Listening to the melancholic melody, he felt a profound sadness wash over him.
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The film's melancholic tone captured the essence of longing and heartache.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
441
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
377
1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
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
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
29
2.5
Feeling sad and without much hope
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
18
3.9
Feeling deep sadness because of a loss
15
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
14
3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
8
4.4
Feeling sad and quiet without much energy
3
8.2
Feeling or showing deep sadness
2
9.1
Showing sad feelings about something lost or in the past
2
5.5
Not bright or warm and making people feel sad
1
9.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness because of a loss
1
5.4
Feeling very sad and weighed down inside
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
melancholic = melancholy (transparent) = melancholy + ic
The adjective is a regular derivation from the noun 'melancholy' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ic', so the relation is directly inferable.
Etymology
Melancholic is the adjective form of melancholy and comes from Greek parts melan- 'black' and chole 'bile', because people long ago thought 'black bile' made someone sad. So a melancholic mood means a deep, quiet kind of sadness.