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- DictionaryMel·an·chol·y/ˈmel(ə)nˌkälē/
noun
- 1. a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause: "an air of melancholy surrounded him"
adjective
- 1. having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive: "she felt a little melancholy"
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the condition of having too much black bile, considered in ancient and medieval medicine to cause gloominess and depression. black bile. affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed: a melancholy mood. causing melancholy or sadness; saddening: a melancholy occasion.
severe depression characterized especially by profound sadness and despair; a sad quality or mood : melancholy… See the full definition
3 days ago · 4 senses: 1. a constitutional tendency to gloominess or depression 2. a sad thoughtful state of mind; pensiveness 3. archaic a..... Click for more definitions.
MELANCHOLY meaning: 1. sad: 2. a feeling of sadness. Learn more.
noun. /ˈmelənkəli/, /ˈmelənkɒli/. /ˈmelənkɑːli/. [uncountable] (literary) a feeling of being very sad that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained. A mood of melancholy descended on us. There is a brooding melancholy in his black and white photography. Topics Feelings c2. Word Origin.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English mel‧an‧chol‧y1 /ˈmelənkəli $ -kɑːli/ adjective very sad The music suited her melancholy mood. Examples from the Corpus melancholy • He was much more content now, though melancholy about himself and what he'd come to.
What does the noun melancholy mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun melancholy , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
