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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 | ||
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