English adjective: melancholy | |||
1. | melancholy characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | ||
Samples | Growing more melancholy every hour. Her melancholic smile. We acquainted him with the melancholy truth. | ||
Synonyms | melancholic | ||
Similar | sad | ||
Antonyms | glad | ||
2. | melancholy grave or even gloomy in character | ||
Samples | Solemn and mournful music. A suit of somber black. A somber mood. | ||
Synonyms | somber, sombre | ||
Similar | cheerless, depressing, uncheerful | ||
Antonyms | cheerful | ||
English noun: melancholy | |||
1. | melancholy (feeling) a feeling of thoughtful sadness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sadness, unhappiness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brooding, gloom, gloominess, heavyheartedness, pensiveness, somberness, sombreness, Weltschmerz, world-weariness | ||
2. | melancholy (state) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | depression | ||
3. | melancholy (body) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy | ||
Synonyms | black bile | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance | ||